Buffalo Bill

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THE ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL BY WILLIAM F. CODY, COLONEL BILL CODY THE SCOUT WITH HIS ENTRANCE INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY, BILL CODY, AS HE HAD COME TO BE KNOWN, ARRIVED AT MAN'S ESTATE.

ALTHOUGH HE WAS SCARCELY EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, HE WAS KNOWN NOT ONLY ALL OVER THE WEST, BUT EVERY ARMY HEADQUARTERS KNEW OF THE SKILLFUL RUNTIERSMAN, AND EVEN AT THAT EARLY DATE MOST BOYS OF THE UNITED STATES HAD READ SOME PART OF HIS LIFE IN THE NEWSPAPERS.

now his work became that of a man and he had plenty of narrow escapes during the war which in their way were as remarkable as his experiences on the plains for example once general smith who was in charge of headquarters at memphis got hold of him and told him that he wished to get some information and have some maps drawn of the position of the confederate troops and that it was impossible to secure this unless he could find a man who would go into the Confederate camp in disguise.

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The Adventures of Buffalo Bill by William F. Cody, Colonel Chapter 9 the indian campaigns with the army anyone who will read the history of the united states after the civil war will come upon a long series of campaigns of the united states army in the west against the american indians these indians as has already been said constantly being more and more confined had now only the great american desert and the rocky mountains to live upon they existed there in enormous numbers they hunted the almost limitless herds of buffalo and deer they fought whenever opportunity offered whatever white men came upon them the attempt of the government was to give the indians certain territories on which they could live in different parts of the country These territories were called Indian reservations, and some of them still exist.

But at that time, that is between 1870 and 1880, the Indians were still in their native wild civilization and declined to be limited to these reservations.

End of Bill's Fight with Phil Cole's Cousin XXIII.

LIFE AND MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF WILD BILL THE SCOUT he removes to kansas city bill served the time for which he was chosen as marshal of abilene and in the spring of eighteen seventy two removed to kansas city it was at this place the writer then connected with the daily journal met him and formed an intimate acquaintance which afforded abundant opportunity to learn his real character as a man bill was frequently importuned for the particulars of his marvellous adventures and permission to write his life but he always positively refused the last time this request was made he returned the following reply well buell i expect my life has been a little interesting and it might please some people to read about my adventures but i don't want a word written about me until after i'm dead i never fought any man for notoriety and am sorry that i've got the name i have since ned buttling made a hero out of such material as bill cody buffalo bill i've thought it time to drop out of sight i took cody when he was left alone in the world a young lad and partially raised him well i don't want to say anything against the boy but his pluck wouldn't go at par i've kept a little diary of all my exploits and when i'm dead i'll be glad if it falls into your hands and from it you may be able to write something interesting when i die it will be just as you now see me and sickness will not be the cause for more than ten years i've been constantly expecting to be killed and it is certain to come before a great while longer during this conversation bill appeared to be unusually sad and when he referred to his death it was with a seriousness which indicated that he had been notified of his tragic end by some terrible presentiment he was an expert poker player and followed no other calling while in kansas city the place was fairly filled with gamblers and up to eighteen seventy five the voice of the keno caller could be heard in nearly every other building on main street between missouri avenue and fourth street the marble block and houses on the west side of the square were particularly the haunts of gamblers murders and rows were not infrequent but bill kept out of all difficulties he was both feared and respected his carriage was that of a peaceable gentleman and during the three years he made kansas city his home he was a party to but one row and that was of minor consequence this difficulty occurred in the st nicholas hotel bar-room owned by joe sigmund now the proprietor of a hotel in malvern arkansas a foppish fellow half drunk being told that the party drinking at the bar was wild bill went up to him and in a most provoking manner asked bill if he was the desperado who had been killing men indiscriminately out west the impertinent inquiry called forth from bill an equally insulting reply the fellow evidently bent on a row then began to talk of shooting and his ability to lick any border ruffian that ever lived bill walked up to him slowly and as the senseless fop was attempting to draw a pistol he caught him by one ear and slapped his face until the fellow howled for mercy and of he removes to kansas city LIFE AND MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF WILD BILL THE SCOUT by J. W. Buell A Prize Fight in a Chicago Billiard Room In 1874 Bill engaged in a battle with a tribe of Indians under Black Kettle, in which he received a severe wound from a spear thrust through his thigh.

Being very much disabled, he paid a visit to his aged mother and relatives at Troy Grove, Illinois, where he remained some weeks, and until the wound healed.

Before returning west he went to Chicago to see his old friend, Hemon Baldwin.

A courtship followed, and in the early part of 1875 the two were married by a justice of the peace in Kansas City.

within a few months after the marriage bill became afflicted with sore eyes from which he suffered intensely and for the period of nine months was unable to distinguish daylight from darkness dr thorne previously noticed as one of bill's confidants was his physician and succeeded in restoring his sight but his eyes never regained their former strength and the vision remained impaired in the winter of eighteen seventy five to eighteen seventy six a separation occurred between bill and his wife the cause of which we deem it improper to relate in this epitome of his life suffice it to say that those best qualified to decide claim that no blame attaches to bill for the termination of his marital relation no divorce we believe was ever applied for by either party but they never met after the spring of eighteen seventy six the writer has tried for two years to learn the address and whereabouts of mrs nay mrs lake but his efforts have been without avail the last heard of her she was living in cincinnati bill's marriage to mrs lake XXVI.

LIFE AND MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF WILD BILL THE SCOUT makes his debut on the stage in february eighteen seventy six wild bill entered into an engagement with ned buntling judson the novelist who created buffalo bill and his exploits to appear as a leading character in a border play he had written for the stage the troupe was made up in new york and the principal actors were wild bill buffalo bill and texas jack the business was a most disagreeable one for wild bill who entered into the engagement solely under the pressure of pecuniary needs the authorities of kansas city had so vigorously prosecuted the gamblers that the professionals were compelled to abandon their games and thus bill became to use his own expression severely money-bound buntline with a vivid imagination running at all times through carnage and lawlessness employed his best ability in getting up the posters heralding the appearance of his troop wild bill was posted in large blood-red letters as having killed thirty-six men and the most desperate man that ever set foot on the plains his nature arose with revolt at such a publicity of his character and after playing the role of a border bandit for two months he peremptorily refused to appear on the stage any longer and of makes his dbut on the stage Section 27 of Life and Marvelous Adventures of Wild Bill the Scout by j w buell bill's last trip to the black hills after leaving the buntline troop wild bill came to st louis for the purpose of organizing an expedition to the black hills the gold fever was at its height and st louis like all other western cities was very much excited over the auriferous discoveries bill remained in st louis about three weeks at the end of which time he had succeeded in organizing a party of nearly one hundred men which was increased to one hundred and fifty by additions received at kansas city the party arrived at the black hills in the latter part of june bill going to deadwood and the others distributing themselves among the hills where they established ranches and began their quest for gold Deadwood was a gay place when Bill entered its limits, and the life led by its mixed citizens was exactly suited to his disposition.

Every other house was a saloon, and if ever there was a gambler's paradise, it was there.

The $1 excise tax was imposed in 1864.

And finally, I think I've reported this earlier, but on February 4th of 1910, William F. Buffalo Bill Cody's legacy extended beyond his famous Wild West show, reaching into the Wyoming oil patch.

Cody, who in 1896 founded the town that bears his name, in February of 1910, he bought 7,500 shares of an exploration venture he had formed with a congressman.

It was not their first attempt to strike oil.

In 1902, Cody and several partners, including Wyoming Representative Frank Mondale, had begun exploring near Cody for oil.

They drilled one 500-foot dry hole in a second well that also failed to find oil before they ran out of money.

Cody and the congressmen ventured into the oil business again in 1910 by forming the Shoshone Oil Company.

During a visit to New York City, Cody carried a pocket flask of oil to impress investors.

Calamity Jane remained in Deadwood after the death of Wild Bill and saved a bunch of passengers on a stagecoach that was attacked by Indians, and she nursed victims of a smallpox epidemic.

By 1881, she was in Montana running an inn, and in 1893, she joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

She died in 1903 from an inflamed bowel and pneumonia.

She was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok.

We're built on tradition.

Buffalo Bill helped found the area.

And if you don't know who Buffalo Bill is, he was a great showman back in the 1800s and early 1900s.

And he Once again, founded Cody, started the Irma Hotel, which is in the center of Cody, Wyoming, and then created it primarily as a tourist destination for those entering Yellowstone National Park.

Obviously, to this day, we continue that tradition and we're built around tourism, but keep that authentic Western feel.

And I'm just going off memory here.

And so you can do it.

And I'm not trying to discourage somebody from not staying at cody because it is such a wonderful town but uh just to kind of put it in you know everybody's mind where we're talking about so you talked about buffalo bill and his influence and you can see that throughout the whole town uh you know what we love about the irma hotel is that that bar there uh came straight from uh uh the the queen of england right or the king of england at the time queen