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 BILLWith the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in my lap during the ride home. I believed he was mortally wounded. He had been stabbed down through the kidneys, leaving an ugly wound.
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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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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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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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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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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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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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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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But the love of adventure was in father’s blood.
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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 debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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.
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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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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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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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