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.
BUFFALO BILLI had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
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The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due.
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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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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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Don’t ever say you are sorry for “being caught in the moment”. Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be.
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Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.
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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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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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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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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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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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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