Buffalo Bill quotes - page 2

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:

The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country. (Buffalo Bill)

Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.

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It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.

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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.

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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.

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Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.

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The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.

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Washington newspaper men know everything.

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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

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Indians were frequently off their reservations.

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My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west. (Buffalo Bill)

Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.

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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.

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Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.

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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.

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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.

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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.

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Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.

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On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.

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With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in my lap during the ride home. I believed he was mortally wounded. He had been stabbed down through the kidneys, leaving an ugly wound.

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After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross. (Buffalo Bill)

I began to think my time had come, as the saying is.

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Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.

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I found Spotted Tail's lodge. He invited me to enter.

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So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley.

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

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