The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
BUFFALO BILLThe Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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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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Don’t ever say you are sorry for “being caught in the moment”. Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be.
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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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Excitement was plentiful during my two years’ service as a Pony Express rider.
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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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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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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 debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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 restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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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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Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.
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