The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known As Buffalo Bill

📖 The Scoop

"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." -Buffalo Bill

The life and adventures of Hon. William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to the records of our Western frontier history. While no literary excellence is claimed for the narrative, it has the greater merit of being truthful, and is verified in such a manner that no one can doubt its veracity. The frequent reference to such military men as Generals Sheridan, Carr, Merritt, Crook, Terry, Colonel Royal, and other officers under whom Mr. Cody served as scout and guide at different times and in various sections of the frontier, during the numerous Indian campaigns of the last ten or twelve years, affords ample proof of his genuineness as a thoroughbred scout.

There is no humbug or braggadocio about Buffalo Bill. He is known far and wide, and his reputation has been earned honestly and by hard work. By a combination of circumstances he was educated to the life of a plainsman from his youth up; and not the least interesting portion of his career is that of his early life, passed as it was in Kansas during the eventful and troubleous times connected with the settlement of that state. Spending much time in the saddle, while a mere boy he crossed the plains many times in company with bull-trains; on some of these trips he met with thrilling adventures and had several hairbreadth escapes from death at the hands of Indians. Then, for a while, he was dashing over the plains as a pony-express rider. Soon afterwards, mounted on the high seat of an overland stagecoach, he was driving a six-in-hand team. We next hear of him cracking the bull-whacker's whip, and commanding a wagon-train through a wild and dangerous country to the far West. During the civil war he enlisted as a private, and became a scout with the Union army; since the war he has been employed as hunter, trapper, guide, scout and actor. As a buffalo hunter he has no superior; as a trailer of Indians he has no equal. For many years he has taken an active part in all the principal Indian campaigns on the Western frontier, and as a scout and guide he has rendered inestimable services to the various expeditions which he accompanied.

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD. CHAPTER II. EARLY INFLUENCES. CHAPTER III. BOY DAYS IN KANSAS. CHAPTER IV. YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCES. CHAPTER V. IN BUSINESS. CHAPTER VI. HARD TIMES. CHAPTER VII. ACCIDENTS AND ESCAPES. CHAPTER VIII. ADVENTURES ON THE OVERLAND ROAD. CHAPTER IX. FAST DRIVING. CHAPTER X. QUESTIONABLE PROCEEDINGS. CHAPTER XI. A SOLDIER. CHAPTER XII. A WEDDING. CHAPTER XIII. A MILLIONAIRE. CHAPTER XIV. EARNING A TITLE. CHAPTER XV. CHAMPION BUFFALO KILLER. CHAPTER XVI. A COURIER. CHAPTER XVII. AN APPOINTMENT. CHAPTER XVIII. SCOUTING. CHAPTER XIX. A TOUGH TIME. CHAPTER XX. AN EXCITING CHASE. CHAPTER XXI. A MILITARY EXPEDITION. CHAPTER XXII. A DESPERATE FIGHT. CHAPTER XXIII. ADMINISTERING JUSTICE. CHAPTER XXIV. HUNTING EXPEDITIONS. CHAPTER XXV. HUNTING WITH A GRAND DUKE. CHAPTER XXVI. SIGHT-SEEING. CHAPTER XXVII. HONORS. CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ACTOR. CHAPTER XXIX. STARRING. CHAPTER XXX. A RETURN TO THE PLAINS. CHAPTER XXXI. DANGEROUS WORK. CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION.

Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs (fancy, right?)