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
country writing men
Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
government ideas giving
I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
strong loneliness character
But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
destined
I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
fire snow water
Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.
men race people
The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.
horse track buffalo
I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
horse way guides
As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
boys order fire
The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
men roaming west
I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
trails walking
I could never resist the call of the trail.
broken-heart government broken-promises
Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
home roaming-around long
My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
cattle crossing driver great plains several wagon worked
He herded cattle and worked as a driver on a wagon train, crossing the Great Plains several times,