Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.
BUFFALO BILLOn reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one’s friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.
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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
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I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.
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My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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