Platte River
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Sep 15, 2026
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
In fact, here are presented a few plain truths, unadorned for the benefit of those too occupied to have heretofore learned the story and triumphs of the frontier lad of nine years.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
From the wild western scenes of Kansas and Nebraska, from the prairies of the Platte to the parlors of the East and the palaces of Europe.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
End of compiler's preface.
speaker_1ADVERTISER
Chapter One of Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace.
1 HR 2 MINS LATER
Michael FazioNARRATOR
It was at a season when the ponies were in good condition, and the savage band, though thirsting for the scalp of their well-known foe, Pahihaska, the long-haired scout, dropped behind until on the last fifty miles but fifteen of the fleetest were in pursuit, Buckskin leaving them out of sight twenty miles from the fort.
Michael FazioNARRATOR
This ride, famed in army annals, caused old Buckskin to go blind.
Michael FazioNARRATOR
But the gratitude of his master was such that Joe was kept and carefully attended to until his death, which occurred a few years ago at Cody's home, North Platte.
Michael FazioNARRATOR
Buckskin was accorded a decent funeral, and a tombstone erected over his remains inscribed, Old Buckskin Joe, the horse that on several occasions saved the life of Buffalo Bill by carrying him safely out of the range of Indian bullets, died of old age, 1882.
speaker_2NARRATOR
In a few cases, where a chief met with a violent death, some ambitious man has taken advantage of the confusion to thrust himself upon the tribe, and perhaps with outside help, has succeeded in usurping the leadership.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Red Cloud was born about eighteen twenty near the forks of the Platte River.
speaker_2NARRATOR
He was one of a family of nine children whose father, an able and respected warrior, reared his son under the old Spartan regime.
speaker_2NARRATOR
The young Red Cloud is said to have been a fine horseman, able to swim across the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, of high bearing and unquestionable courage, yet invariably gentle and courteous in everyday life.
Melanie Schleder-McElmontNARRATOR
Uinta Paper, one ninety-three.
Melanie Schleder-McElmontNARRATOR
Regarding Platte River on the plains, it is luminously stated, quote, The beds through which the river runs are incoherent, and although the river has as great a fall as the Colorado through the plateaus, and although the climatic conditions are essentially the same, yet the former runs in a broad sheet scarcely below the level of the plain, while the latter runs in a narrow groove at profound depths below the general surface.
Melanie Schleder-McElmontNARRATOR
End quote.
Melanie Schleder-McElmontNARRATOR
Uinta, one ninety-four.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
In fact, here are presented a few plain truths, unadorned for the benefit of those too occupied to have heretofore learned the story and triumphs of the frontier lad of nine years.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
From the wild western scenes of Kansas and Nebraska, from the prairies of the Platte to the parlors of the East and the palaces of Europe.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
End of compiler's preface.
Thomas ThorsonNARRATOR
Chapter one of Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace.
1 HR 2 MINS LATER
Michael FassioNARRATOR
But fifteen of the fleetest were in pursuit, Buckskin leaving them out of sight twenty miles from the fort.
Michael FassioNARRATOR
This ride, famed in army annals, caused old Buckskin to go blind.
Michael FassioNARRATOR
But the gratitude of his master was such that Joe was kept and carefully attended to until his death, which occurred a few years ago at Cody's home, North Platte.
Michael FassioNARRATOR
Buckskin was accorded a decent funeral, and a tombstone erected over his remains inscribed, Old Buckskin Joe, the horse that on several occasions saved the life of Buffalo Bill by carrying him safely out of the range of Indian bullets, died of old age, eighteen eighty-two.
Justin EvertsonGUEST
And on a good fall day, you can travel from like Lincoln or Omaha to Scotts Bluff.
Justin EvertsonGUEST
And all along the Platte River, you're going to see golden yellow of our cottonwood.
Justin EvertsonGUEST
So that's pretty neat when it's striking yellow all the way across the state.
HannahHOST
Yeah, I think it's super fun to see the cottonwood yellow.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
The compiler of the accompanied pages has attempted to present to the reader, in a terse, compact compendium of facts, the story of a career that, if given in a detailed biography, would absorb volumes, believing that, owing to his prominence at home and abroad, the public desires some authentic knowledge of the notable events in his career.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
In fact, here are presented a few plain truths, unadorned for the benefit of those too occupied to have heretofore learned the story and triumphs of the frontier lad of nine years, from the wild western scenes of Kansas and Nebraska, from the prairies of the Platte to the parlors of the East and the palaces of Europe.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
End of compiler's preface.
Thomas ThorsonNARRATOR
Chapter 1 of Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace.
59 MINS LATER
Michael FassioNARRATOR
On one occasion, his master described a band of one hundred warriors, who gave them chase from the headwaters of the Republican River to Fort McPherson, a distance of one hundred and ninety-five miles.
Michael FassioNARRATOR
It was at a season when the ponies were in good condition, and the savage band, though thirsting for the scalp of their well-known foe, Pahihaska, the long-haired scout, dropped behind until on the last fifty miles, but fifteen of the fleetest were in pursuit, Buckskin leaving them out of sight twenty miles from the fort.
Michael FassioNARRATOR
This ride, famed in army annals, caused Old Buckskin to go blind, but the gratitude of his master was such that Joe was kept and carefully attended to until his death, which occurred a few years ago at Cody's home, North Platte.
Michael FassioNARRATOR
Buckskin was accorded a decent funeral, and a tombstone erected over his remains inscribed, Old Buckskin Joe, the horse that on several occasions saved the life of Buffalo Bill by carrying him safely out of the range of Indian bullets, died of old age, 1882.
William TomkoNARRATOR
But the typical French trader and trapper disdained the shelter of a roof and the restraint of communities.
William TomkoNARRATOR
His adventurous spirit pushed his frail bark into the quiet waters of the upper Kansas, through the shallows of the Platte, under the over-shading trees of the beautiful James, along the precipitous red clay cliffs of the Big Sioux, and in search of the beaver, even penetrated the winding narrows of the Cheyenne and Little Missouri.
William TomkoNARRATOR
They did not even stop at transient visits, but, fascinated by the roving, aimless life of the savage, took up abode with him, shared his teepee and wanderings, adopted his customs, took his squaw to wife, until longings strange and uncontrollable drew them back in old age to the home and religion of their youth.
William TomkoNARRATOR
One of these venturesome wanderers, named Durian, who had lived twenty years among the Sioux, was picked up on the river and accompanied Lewis to the mouth of the James as a much-needed interpreter.
William TomkoNARRATOR
The mouth of the Platte was passed on July 21st, and on the next day Lewis camped on the site of the present city of Council Bluffs, thus named by Lewis on account of his council with the Ottos and Missouri Indians at this point.
William TomkoNARRATOR
Here the first of a continuing series of presents was given to the Grand Chief, an American flag, a large medal which was placed around his neck as a mark of consideration, paint, garters, cloth ornaments, a canister of powder, and the indispensable bottle of whiskey.
William TomkoNARRATOR
The subordinate chiefs received inferior medals and presents according to their importance.
1 HR 57 MINS LATER
William TomkoNARRATOR
I wore myself cotton overhauls.
speaker_8NARRATOR
I ascended about six hundred leagues without perceiving a diminution either in its width or rapidity.
speaker_8NARRATOR
The principal rivers which empty into the Missouri are, as you ascend, the Gasconade, the River of the Osages, the two Chariterns, the Great River, the River des Canipes, Nichanin, Batoni, the Great and Little Nimaha, the River Platte, the River des Sioux, and Lokikor.
speaker_8NARRATOR
As far as twenty-five leagues above its junction with the Mississippi are to be found different settlements of American families, that is, at Bonhomme and Femme Osage, etc.
speaker_8NARRATOR
Beyond this, its banks are inhabited only by savage nations, the Great and Little Osages, settled one hundred and twenty leagues on the river of that name, the Canipes, the Atos, the Panies, the Loups or Pants Mahas, the Mahas, the Pogas, the Ricars.
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speaker_8NARRATOR
But this circumstance, which renders them disagreeable to the sight, takes nothing from their salubrity.
speaker_8NARRATOR
Experience has proved that the waters of the Missouri are more wholesome than those of the Ohio or the upper Mississippi.
speaker_8NARRATOR
The rivers and streams which empty into the Missouri below the river Platte are clear and limpid, but above this river they are as muddy as those of the Missouri itself.
speaker_8NARRATOR
This is occasioned by beds of sand or hills of a very fine white earth where they take their rise.
David BlantonGUEST
It was a small unit in the northeast part of the state.
David BlantonGUEST
And I was going to hunt this piece of property that overlooked the Platte River.
David BlantonGUEST
And the guy had no trail cameras at all on the property.
David BlantonGUEST
None.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
In fact, here are presented a few plain truths, unadorned for the benefit of those too occupied to have heretofore learned the story and triumphs of the frontier lad of nine years.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
From the wild western scenes of Kansas and Nebraska, from the prairies of the Platte to the parlors of the East and the palaces of Europe.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
End of compiler's preface.
Matt RogersADVERTISER
Chapter one of Buffalo Bill: From Prairie to Palace.
1 HR 3 MINS LATER
Michael FazioNARRATOR
On one occasion his master described a band of one hundred warriors, who gave them chase from the headwaters of the Republican River to Fort McPherson, a distance of one hundred and ninety-five miles.
Michael FazioNARRATOR
It was at a season when the ponies were in good condition, and the savage band, though thirsting for the scalp of their well-known foe, Pahihaska, the long-haired scout, dropped behind until on the last fifty miles but fifteen of the fleetest were in pursuit, Buckskin leaving them out of sight twenty miles from the fort.
Michael FazioNARRATOR
This ride, famed in army annals, caused Old Buckskin to go blind, but the gratitude of his master was such that Joe was kept and carefully attended to until his death, which occurred a few years ago at Cody's home, North Platte.
Michael FazioNARRATOR
Buckskin was accorded a decent funeral, and a tombstone erected over his remains inscribed Old Buckskin Joe, the horse that on several occasions saved the life of Buffalo Bill by carrying him safely out of the range of Indian bullets, died of old age, 1882.
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