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
country writing men
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.
thinking my-time
I began to think my time had come, as the saying is.
numbers miles command
Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
reservations indian
Indians were frequently off their reservations.
men broken dying
The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
iowa world february
My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.
firsts determined plans
My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
men newspapers knows
Washington newspaper men know everything.
father home leaving
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.
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.
discovery giving surprise
We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
heart my-heart
Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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.
character men feet
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.