Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
BUFFALO BILLThe Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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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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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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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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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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 began to think that my time had come, as the saying is.
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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 has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
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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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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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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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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 cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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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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