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 BILLMy brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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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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Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word.
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After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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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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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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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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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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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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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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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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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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