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 BILLWild 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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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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 Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days – an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time.
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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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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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After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
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Washington newspaper men know everything.
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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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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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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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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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Excitement was plentiful during my two years’ service as a Pony Express rider.
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