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
tails found lodges
I found Spotted Tail's lodge. He invited me to enter.
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.
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.
heart my-heart
Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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.
whiskey investment liquor
We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.
fighting men giving
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.
running risk enemy
I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
soldier united-states proud
The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
east development west
It was because of my great interest in the West, and my belief that its development would be assisted by the interest I could awaken in others, that I decided to bring the West to the East through the medium of the Wild West Show.