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
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.
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.
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.
done bills killing
Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
men personal-knowledge half
Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.
brother neighborhood casts
My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
opportunity cities fire
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.