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 BILLI 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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Excitement was plentiful during my two years’ service as a Pony Express rider.
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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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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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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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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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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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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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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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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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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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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 Indians said the bones were those of a race of people three times the size of a man.
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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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