My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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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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Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
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The 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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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
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I began to think that my time had come, as the saying is.
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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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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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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 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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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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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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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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