My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
BUFFALO BILLThe 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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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 had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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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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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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With 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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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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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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My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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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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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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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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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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