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“BUFFALO BILL” FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.

“BUFFALO BILL” FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.

“ Buffalo Bill ” From Prairie to Palace An Authentic History of the Wild West With Sketches, Stories of Adventure, and Anecdotes of “Buffalo Bill,” the Hero of the Plains COMPILED BY JOHN M. BURKE (“ARIZONA JOHN”) WITH THE AUTHORITY OF General W. F. Cody (“ Buffalo Bill ”) CHICAGO AND NEW YORK Rand, McNally &amp; Company, Publishers 1893 Copyright, 1893, by Rand, McNally &amp; Co....

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NOTE.

NOTE.

The compiler of this book desires to give credit to General Dodge’s “Thirty Years Among the Indians,” and to the Historical Publishing Company, for a few of the facts and incidents given in these pages. John M. Burke ....

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DEDICATION

DEDICATION

TO THOSE PIONEERS OF PROGRESS WHO HAVE LED THE ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION INTO SAVAGE LANDS, DEFYING DANGER, SUFFERING EVERY HARDSHIP, OVERCOMING ALL OBSTACLES, OFFERING LIFE AS A SACRIFICE WHEN CALLED UPON, THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES I DEDICATE THIS BOOK. John M. Burke...

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COMPILER’S PREFACE.

COMPILER’S PREFACE.

An association of some thirty years with the subject of these pages, a familiarity with his history gained by opportune meetings and conversations with comrades now living, and those since dead—who were witnesses of the events that assisted to make the individual prominent—makes me feel it a public duty to accede to the publisher’s request to compile a short, sharp, and veracious account of the unique history of this picturesque character. Born at a time, and reared in an atmosphere, the most ro

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.

Half a century or less ago, the people then active in the world were unable to move from place to place more rapidly than in the days before the Christian era. The fickle winds drove ships out of their course and baffled their efforts to hold on their way to their destination. On land the rapidity of progress from place to place was measured by the fleetness of a horse. The steam-engine was in its infancy; the telegraph and other electrical devices were only known through the fable of the singin

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ACROSS THE CONTINENT WITH THE FIFTH CAVALRY.

ACROSS THE CONTINENT WITH THE FIFTH CAVALRY.

(Capt. George F. Price.) “After Cody was appointed chief scout and guide for the Republican River expedition, he was conspicuous during the pursuit of the Dog Soldiers, under the celebrated Cheyenne chief, Tall Bull, whom he killed at Summit Springs, Colo. He also guided the Fifth Cavalry to a position whence the regiment was enabled to charge upon the enemy and win a brilliant victory. He afterward participated in the Niobrara pursuit, and later narrowly escaped death at the hands of hostile Si

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CHAPTER III. WHAT IS A COWBOY?

CHAPTER III. WHAT IS A COWBOY?

Around the name of cowboy hangs a romance that will never die. It is a romance interwoven with deeds of daring, nerve, and big-heartedness that will survive long after civilization has stamped out every need for the brave men who have been known by the name of cowboy. Our country is one that has sprung surprises upon the world from its very beginning, and it has produced men possible in no other land. Without the services of the cowboy the vast grazing-lands of America would have been worthless.

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BUFFALO BILL’S EQUINE HEROES.

BUFFALO BILL’S EQUINE HEROES.

Mr. Cody is a great lover of man’s best friend among the animal kingdom—the horse. The peculiar career he has followed has made his equine friend such a sterling necessity as a companion, an assistant, a confidant, that he admits, as every frontiersman and scout does, a great deal depends, even life itself in innumerable emergencies, on the general sagacity of this noble brute. For the purposes of the trail, the hunt, the battle, the pursuit, or the stampede it was essentially necessary to selec

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CHAPTER V. INDIAN HOME LIFE.

CHAPTER V. INDIAN HOME LIFE.

To Indians at peace, and with food in plenty, the winter camp is their home. After the varying excitements, the successes and vicissitudes, the constant labors of many months, the prospect of the winter’s peace and rest, with its home life and home pleasures, comes like a soothing balm to all. To those of the warriors who have passed the age of passionate excitements, this season brings the full enjoyment of those pleasures and excitements yet left to them in life. Their days are spent in gambli

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CHAPTER VI. EXPERT SHOOTING.

CHAPTER VI. EXPERT SHOOTING.

Every custom, vocation, or study that has for its object the protection of home, self, or one’s just rights, the defense of the weak or the protection of the innocent, is justly denominated “manly,” and commands universal respect and admiration. If such attributes or qualifications as a steady nerve, a clear, penetrating gaze, and intensity and earnestness of purpose, are combined with quickness of action and courageous bearing, the admiration grows stronger and the respect deeper. Years ago sca

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CHAPTER VII. A MOST FAMOUS RIDE.

CHAPTER VII. A MOST FAMOUS RIDE.

In the spring of 1868, at the outbreak of the violent Indian war, General Sheridan, from his headquarters at Hays City, dispatched Cody as guide and scout to Captain Parker at Fort Larned. Several bands of Comanches and Kiowas were in the vicinity, and Buffalo Bill, after guiding General Hazen and an escort of twenty men to Fort Sarah, thirty miles distant, started to return to Larned alone. At Pawnee Rock, about half-way, he found himself suddenly surrounded by about forty warriors. By professi

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STATE OF NEBRASKA.

STATE OF NEBRASKA.

To all whom these presents shall come, greeting : Know ye, that I, John M. Thayer, governor of the State of Nebraska, reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, patriotism, and ability of the Hon. William F. Cody, on behalf and in the name of the State do hereby appoint and commission him as aide-de-camp of my staff, with the rank of colonel, and do authorize and empower him to discharge the duties of said office according to law. In testimony I have hereunto subscribed my name and

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CHAPTER IX. BUFFALO BILL’S BOYHOOD.

CHAPTER IX. BUFFALO BILL’S BOYHOOD.

Having in the preceding pages given the scenes, conditions, surroundings, and types of characters that made up the theater of action in which Buffalo Bill bore so prominent a part, with the letters from gallant commanders stamping his career with the brand of truth, it is fitting to start my hero from the threshold of boyhood, and follow him through his most adventurous and phenomenal life up to the present day, where he stands unchallenged as the Chevalier Bayard of American bordermen. Buffalo

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CHAPTER X. BILL KILLS HIS FIRST INDIAN.

CHAPTER X. BILL KILLS HIS FIRST INDIAN.

Like all boys Bill had a sweetheart with whom he was “dead in love,” in a juvenile way, of course. He had a rival of whom he was terribly jealous. One day, attacked by his rival, who was an older and larger boy, Buffalo Bill defended himself with his pocket-knife, wounding the youth slightly. The cry at once arose, “Bill Cody has killed Steve Gobel!” and, terribly frightened at what he had done, Bill immediately took refuge in flight, the teacher in hot pursuit. Fortunately for Bill one of Russe

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CHAPTER XI. THE BOY MINER.

CHAPTER XI. THE BOY MINER.

Billy had been at home scarcely one month before he engaged himself as assistant wagon-master to another train which was made up at Fort Laramie to carry supplies to a new post just established at Cheyenne Pass. He got through this adventure without losing a team or a man. Returning to Laramie he engaged with a Mr. Ward, the post trader, to trap for beaver, mink, and otter on the Chug Water, and poison wolves for their peltries. This enterprise was not profitable, and two months after Billy retu

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CHAPTER XII. STORY OF THE PONY EXPRESS.

CHAPTER XII. STORY OF THE PONY EXPRESS.

The glamour and pageantry of the crusaders in the eleventh and twelfth centuries were revived in the fifteenth and sixteenth by Columbus, Cortez, and Pizarro, and repeated in the nineteenth by Taylor, Scott, Doniphan, and Fremont. As a resultant were the wonderful gold discoveries of 1849, in California, and a State born full-fledged and armed in a day, as Minerva from the brain of Jove. Among the wonderful and prolific accomplishments of Western thought and genius was the conception and success

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CHAPTER XIII. A RIDE FOR LIFE.

CHAPTER XIII. A RIDE FOR LIFE.

“There’s Injun signs about, Billy, so keep your eyes open.” So said the station boss of the Pony Express trail, addressing Buffalo Bill, who had dashed up to the cabin, his horse panting like a hound, and the rider ready for the fifteen-mile flight to the next relay. “I’ll be on the watch, Boss, you bet,” said Billy Cody, the pony rider, and with a yell to his fresh pony he was off like an arrow from a bow. Down the trail ran the fleet pony like the wind, leaving the station quickly out of sight

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CHAPTER XIV. HELD UP BY ROAD AGENTS.

CHAPTER XIV. HELD UP BY ROAD AGENTS.

While riding Pony Express another adventure happened to Buffalo Bill which illustrates his nerve under most trying circumstances and great cleverness in getting out of scrapes. It was when Buffalo Bill was in the Pony Express service between Red Buttes and Three Crossings, which included the perilous crossing of the Platte River, half a mile in width. He rode into the station at the end of his run to find that the man who was to go on from there had been killed by road agents the night before. T

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CHAPTER XV. A YEAR OF ADVENTURES.

CHAPTER XV. A YEAR OF ADVENTURES.

Receiving an invitation from an old friend named Dave Harrington to accompany him on a trapping expedition up the Republican River, Buffalo Bill gladly accepted it, and prepared for the perilous trip. The two started out from Salt Creek Valley with an outfit consisting of a wagon filled with traps and provisions, drawn by a yoke of oxen. It was near the middle of November when the two started on the expedition, Mrs. Cody standing in the door when the team moved off, wiping the tears from her eye

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CHAPTER XVI. A SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR.

CHAPTER XVI. A SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Cody learning of the serious illness of his loved mother instantly saddled his horse and made all possible speed homeward. He arrived at home to find his mother dying, and he remained by her side, a devoted nurse, until she died. Under the prairie sod, beneath the branches of a tree planted by the hands of the loving son, sleeps the pioneer’s wife and a true hero’s mother. Weeks after this most melancholy incident in Billy’s life he went to Leavenworth and joined the Seventh Kansas Jayhawkers, w

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CHAPTER XVII. A CHAMPION BUFFALO-HUNTER.

CHAPTER XVII. A CHAMPION BUFFALO-HUNTER.

Having given up the real estate business Buffalo Bill received a proposition from the Goddard Brothers, who had contracted to furnish subsistence for thousands of construction employes of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The amount required was very large to procure which involved hard riding; but the labor was small compared with the danger to be incurred from the Indians, who were killing every white man they could find in that section. Nevertheless, an offer of $500 per month for the service made

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CHAPTER XVIII. SCOUT, GUIDE, AND INDIAN FIGHTER.

CHAPTER XVIII. SCOUT, GUIDE, AND INDIAN FIGHTER.

After the great buffalo-killing match the name of Buffalo Bill became familiar all over the country, and his exploits were topics people never grew tired of discussing. All his great battles with the Indians, valuable services as a scout, and hairbreadth escapes were told and retold, not only at the fireside, but around the camp-fires. In the spring of 1868 a violent Indian war broke out in Kansas, and General Sheridan, in order to be on the field, made his headquarters at Hays City. Sending for

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“WILD BILL” (J. B. HICKOK).

“WILD BILL” (J. B. HICKOK).

It is a noticeable coincidence that nearly all of the famous frontier characters are natives of the West, and J. B. Hickok, better known as Wild Bill, was not an exception to the rule. Born in La Salle County, Illinois, in 1837, his earliest desire was for horses and firearms. At the age of fourteen he had become known as a wolf-killer, for at that time the country where he lived was overrun by them. Acquiring a rudimental education he started out to earn his living, and began as a tow-path driv

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“TEXAS JACK” (J. B. OMOHUNDRO).

“TEXAS JACK” (J. B. OMOHUNDRO).

Known in his native State, Virginia, as John B. Omohundro, the subject of this sketch won the sobriquet of “Texas Jack” after service as a ranger in the Lone Star State. Reared in a part of Virginia where every man rode a horse, and born a natural hunter, while his parents were able to gratify his desire to become a skilled horseman and expert shot, Jack Omohundro at an early age became noted among his comrades as a fearless rider and a dead shot. When the Civil War broke out, though but a boy,

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DR. D. FRANK POWELL (“WHITE BEAVER”).

DR. D. FRANK POWELL (“WHITE BEAVER”).

The life of “White Beaver” (Dr. D. Frank Powell) bears all the colors and shades of an idyllic romance. His character stands out upon the canvas of human eccentricities in striking originality, and never finds its counterpart save in stories of knight-errantry, when hearts, names, and titles were the prizes bestowed for daring deeds evolved from generous sentiments. His has been the tenor of uneven ways, with characteristics as variable as the gifts in Pandora’s box. A born plainsman, with the r

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MAJ. FRANK J. NORTH.

MAJ. FRANK J. NORTH.

This gallant officer was universally recognized as one of the best executive leaders and bravest men that ever faced the dangers of the plains. Although born in the State of New York (March 10, 1840), he was by virtue of his training a thorough Westerner. While still a boy his father moved from New York to near Columbus in the State of Nebraska, and very soon thereafter was frozen to death at Emigrant Crossing, on Big Papillion Creek, while searching for wood for his suffering family. After a sh

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SITTING BULL.

SITTING BULL.

Though nearly a score of years have gone by since the battle of the Little Big Horn, where the gallant Custer and his brave band were slain, the name of Sitting Bull is recalled by all; and a sigh of relief went up all along the border when the news came that the noted chief had started upon the trail for the happy hunting-grounds. Those who condemn the Indian for his red deeds should remember that it is his education to be a savage, to kill and to burn and pillage; that the greatest slayer of m

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“OKLAHOMA PAYNE” (CAPT. D. L. PAYNE), THE CIMARRON SCOUT.

“OKLAHOMA PAYNE” (CAPT. D. L. PAYNE), THE CIMARRON SCOUT.

David L. Payne, known throughout the West as Captain Payne, of the Oklahoma Colony Company, was born in Grant County, Indiana, December 30, 1836. In 1858, with his brother, he started West, intending to engage in the Mormon War, but reached there too late. He settled in Doniphan County, Texas. His commercial pursuits there not resulting in success he turned hunter, and so became thoroughly acquainted with the topography of the great Southwest. Afterward a scout, he was often engaged in that capa

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NATHAN SALSBURY.

NATHAN SALSBURY.

Now to one who if not a “pard” of the plains is a partner in the Wild West. Yours Truly Nate Salsbury Mr. Nate Salsbury, the partner of Buffalo Bill in his business enterprise of the Wild West, and his devoted friend, was born in Freeport, Ill., his parents being in humble circumstances. Nate Salsbury began to work for a living at an early age, his ambition being to win fame and fortune by becoming a self-made man. As there was little to bind his affections to the home of his nativity, when the

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INDIAN NAMES OF STATES.

INDIAN NAMES OF STATES.

Massachusetts, from the Indian language, signifying the “country about the great hills.” Connecticut was Mohegan, spelled originally “Quon-eh-ta-cut,” signifying “a long river.” Alabama comes from an Indian word signifying “the land of rest.” Mississippi derived its name from that of the great river, which is in the Natchez tongue “The Father of Waters.” Arkansas is derived from the word Kansas, “smoky waters,” with the French prefix of “ark,” a bow. Tennessee is an Indian name, meaning “the riv

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BILL CODY.

BILL CODY.

Washington, D. C. , February 28, 1891. Washington, D. C. , February 28, 1891....

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BUFFALO CHIPS, THE SCOUT, TO BUFFALO BILL.

BUFFALO CHIPS, THE SCOUT, TO BUFFALO BILL.

[The following verses on the life and death of poor old Buffalo Chips are founded entirely on facts. His death occurred on September 8, 1876, at Slim Buttes. He was within three feet of me when he fell, uttering the words credited to him below.—Capt. Jack Crawford , Poet Scout.]...

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RATTLIN’ JOE’S PRAYER.

RATTLIN’ JOE’S PRAYER.

(By Capt. Jack Crawford .)...

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BUFFALO BILL AND YELLOW HAND.

BUFFALO BILL AND YELLOW HAND.

(By Hugh A. Wetmore , Editor People’s Press .)...

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CHAPTER XXI. FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.

CHAPTER XXI. FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.

In olden times, when a great leader of an “army with banners” was about to depart for a foreign country, bent on conquest, great was the outpouring of the people; loud sounded the drum and fife, and gay bunting flirted with the joyous breeze; salvos of artillery and great shouting rent the air, and songs were sung in honor of the mighty host decked in all the glittering panoply of war. All this in anticipation of the spoils of conquest to be brought back by the victor—human prisoners, coffers of

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CHAPTER XXII. THE WILD WEST AT SEA.

CHAPTER XXII. THE WILD WEST AT SEA.

The Wild West visited many of the principal cities of this country, played a winter season in New Orleans, a summer season at Staten Island, and the winter of 1886–87 in Madison Square Garden in New York. But with the immortal bard who wrote “ambition grows with what it feeds on,” Colonel Cody and Mr. Salsbury had an ambition to conquer other nations. The importance of the undertaking was fully realized, but nothing daunted by all that would have to be undergone to reach a foreign land and give

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AMERICAN WILD WEST EXHIBITION.

AMERICAN WILD WEST EXHIBITION.

The American exhibition, which has attracted all the town to West Brompton for the last few months, was brought yesterday to an appropriate and dignified close. A meeting of representative Englishmen and Americans was held, under the presidency of Lord Lorne, in support of the movement for establishing a Court of Arbitration for the settlement of disputes between this country and the United States. At first sight it might seem to be a far cry from the Wild West to an International Court. Yet the

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CHAPTER XXIV. A VISIT FROM QUEEN VICTORIA.

CHAPTER XXIV. A VISIT FROM QUEEN VICTORIA.

“By command of her majesty the queen.”—It must be understood that the queen never requests, desires, or invites even her own prime minister, to her own dinner-tables, but “commands” invariably. A special performance was given by the Wild West, the understanding being that her majesty and suite would take a private view of the performance. The queen, ever since the death of her husband nearly thirty years ago, has cherished an invincible objection to appearing before great assemblages of her subj

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CHAPTER XXV. THE HOME TRAIL.

CHAPTER XXV. THE HOME TRAIL.

From London the Wild West visited Birmingham, where it occupied the Aston Lower Grounds; thence to Manchester—“Cottonopolis,” as it is endearingly called by its inhabitants—where the winter season was opened. In the short space of two months the largest theater ever seen in the world was here erected by an enterprising firm of Manchester builders, together with a commodious building attached to it for the accommodation of the troupe, whose tents and tepees were erected under its shelter. The who

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BUFFALO BILL IN VENICE.

BUFFALO BILL IN VENICE.

(By Telegraph, New York Herald.) Venice , April 16, 1890. Buffalo Bill and his Wild West have made a big show in Venice. This evening the directors have a special invitation on the Grand Canal, where the whole troupe will be shown. Colonel Cody is taken by the Venetian prefect in his own private residence. No one can think them ordinary artistes after they have seen the gathering of different Indians in gondolas, or seen the wonderful sight which presents itself at the Venetian palace and in the

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THE WILD WEST AT THE VATICAN.—BUFFALO BILL’S INDIANS AND COWBOYS AT THE ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY OF LEO XIII.

THE WILD WEST AT THE VATICAN.—BUFFALO BILL’S INDIANS AND COWBOYS AT THE ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY OF LEO XIII.

New York Herald, March 4, 1890.—(From our Special Correspondent.) Rome , March 3d. One of the strangest spectacles ever seen within the walls of the Vatican was the dramatic entry of Buffalo Bill at the head of his Indians and cowboys this morning, when the ecclesiastical and secular military court of the Holy See assembled to witness the twelfth annual thanksgiving of Leo XIII. for his coronation. In the midst of the splendid scene, crowded with the old Roman aristocracy and surrounded by walls

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BUFFALO BILL AND THE ROMANS.

BUFFALO BILL AND THE ROMANS.

Artistic Florence, practical Bologna, grand and stately Milan, and unique Verona were next added to the list. Verona’s superb and well-preserved Arena, excelling in superficial area the Coliseum and holding 45,000 people, was especially granted for the Wild West’s use. The Indians were taken by Buffalo Bill to picturesque Venice, and there shown the marvelous results of the ancient white man’s energy and artistic architectural skill. They were immortalized by the camera in the ducal palace, St.

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AS BUFFALO BILL SEES IT.—HE THINKS IT LOOKS LIKE PEACE IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY.

AS BUFFALO BILL SEES IT.—HE THINKS IT LOOKS LIKE PEACE IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY.

Buffalo Bill telegraphs to the New York Herald from Pine Ridge Agency: Pine Ridge Agency, Dak. , In the Field , via courier to telegraph. New York Herald : Your request for my opinion of the Indian situation is, by reason of the complications and the changeable nature of the red man’s mind and action, a puzzler. Every hour brings out a new opinion. Indian history furnishes no similar situation. You must imagine about five thousand Indians, an unusual proportion warriors, better armed than ever k

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THE SITUATION IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY A MARVEL OF MILITARY STRATEGY.

THE SITUATION IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY A MARVEL OF MILITARY STRATEGY.

Col. W. F. Cody (“Buffalo Bill”), who is at Pine Ridge, telegraphs the following for the New York Sun , which expresses his views of the present critical situation: The situation to-day, so far as military strategy goes, is one of the best-marked triumphs known in the history of Indian campaigns. It speaks for itself, for the usual incidents to an Indian warfare, such as raids on settlers and widespread devastation, have been wholly prevented. Only one white man has been killed outside the milit

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CONCLUSION.

CONCLUSION.

Thus concluded the second tour in Europe. The Wild West had been received and treated with marked kindness by every nation, every city, and by persons of every rank and of every station—press, public, and officials. Every one had shown a willingness to lend a helping hand and displayed a fraternal interest and general appreciation toward them and their country’s flag, so that returning home it is a pleasant duty to record the same, believing that in presenting their rough pictures of a “history

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APPENDIX. Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and the London Workingmen’s Association.

APPENDIX. Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and the London Workingmen’s Association.

On Saturday evening, October 1, 1892, a conference of delegates from the various branches of the London Workingmen’s association was held at the Wild West, when an illuminated address was presented to Col. W. F. Cody. The chair was occupied by Mr. George Potter, president of the association, who was supported by Mr. Fred Whetstone, vice-president; Mr. F. Wigington, treasurer; Mr. Robert Wilson, secretary. There was a large attendance. Colonel Cody was accompanied by Maj. John M. Burke and Mr. Na

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AN EPISODE SINCE THE RETURN FROM EUROPE.

AN EPISODE SINCE THE RETURN FROM EUROPE.

When abroad Buffalo Bill heard so many officers of the army of France, England, and other countries ask about the Wild West of America, its game and wonderful scenery, that he extended an invitation to a number of gentlemen of rank and title to join him, with others from this country, on an extended expedition to the Grand Cañon of the Colorado, and thence on through Arizona and Utah to Salt Lake City on horseback. Various causes prevented many from accepting the invitation, but a number assembl

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WRITINGS OF MARAH ELLIS RYAN

WRITINGS OF MARAH ELLIS RYAN

Issued in the Rialto Series. 50 Cents Each. FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. SQUAW ÉLOUISE. Vigorous, natural, entertaining.— Boston Times. A notable performance.— Chicago Tribune. No one can fail to become interested in the narrative.— Chicago Mail. A very strong story indeed.— Chicago Times. Marah Ellis Ryan is always interesting.— Rocky Mountain News. A PAGAN OF THE ALLEGHANIES. A story of mountain life of remarkable interest.— Louisville Times. Full of exciting interest.— Toledo Blade. A genuine

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