Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word.
BUFFALO BILLMy 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.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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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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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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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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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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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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 had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
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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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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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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.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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