Buffalo Bill quotes

Buffalo Bill was an American scout, showman, and entertainer, renowned for his Wild West shows. His performances brought stories of the American frontier to audiences around the world. He became a legendary figure symbolizing the spirit of the Old West. Here are 53 of his quotes:

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long. (Buffalo Bill)
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle. View quote
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The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time. View quote
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Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider. View quote
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My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round. View quote
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I could never resist the call of the trail. View quote
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Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It was because of my great interest in the West, and my belief that its development would be assisted by the interest I could awaken in others, that I decided to bring the West to the East through the medium of the Wild West Show. View quote
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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. (Buffalo Bill)
The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due. View quote
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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another. View quote
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track. View quote
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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. View quote
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But the love of adventure was in father's blood. View quote
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The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers. View quote
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Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word. View quote
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My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa. (Buffalo Bill)
The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them. View quote
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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily. View quote
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Buffalo Bill

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Occupation: American Celebrity
Born: February 26, 1846
Died: January 10, 1917
Quotes count: 53

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