American - Celebrity | February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917
But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
Buffalo Bill
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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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.
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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
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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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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.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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