Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Codywas an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory, but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in Canada before the family again moved to the Kansas Territory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth26 February 1846
CountryUnited States of America
rivers safe lasts
After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
years two ponies
Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
character students custer
General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
destined
I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
brain bills lightning
Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
brother neighborhood casts
My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
actors baltimore combination
Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.
cutting men pieces
On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
done bills killing
Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
horse average three
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.
discovery giving surprise
We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
horse leader riding
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.
gun men thinking
Well, Bill [Bill Hickok] was a pretty good shot. But he could not shoot as quick as half a dozen men we all knew in those days, nor as straight either. But Bill was cool, and the men who he went up against were rattled, I guess. Bill beat them to it. He made up his mind to kill the other man before the other man had finished thinking.
journey average two
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.