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.
BUFFALO BILLMy brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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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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Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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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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Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
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Washington newspaper men know everything.
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We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.
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My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.
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