But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
BUFFALO BILLThe 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 had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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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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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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Washington newspaper men know everything.
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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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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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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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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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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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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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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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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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Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
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