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.
BUFFALO BILLEvery Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.
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The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
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Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
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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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The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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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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Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider’s route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles – a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.
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It was because of my great interest in the West, and my belief that its development would be assisted by the interest I could awaken in others, that I decided to bring the West to the East through the medium of the Wild West Show.
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The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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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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