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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More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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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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I began to think that my time had come, as the saying is.
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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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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
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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 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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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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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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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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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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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