Buffalo bill children
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From Childhood to Fame
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was born in LeClaire, Iowa, in 1846. While he was still a child, his family moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. Cody left home at the young age of eleven to herd cattle and work as a driver on a wagon train, crossing the Great Plains several times. He went on to fur trapping and gold mining, then joined an early version of the Pony Express in 1860. After the Civil War, Cody scouted for the Army and gained the nickname “Buffalo Bill” as a hunter providing meat for the railroad workers. While he was known locally for his endeavors it was not until he met Ned Buntline, a dime novelist, who transformed his life into a series of larger-than-life stories that he became famous.
BUFFALO BILL ON STAGE
Buffalo Bill’s show business career began on December 17, 1872, in Chicago. He was twenty-six years old. Scouts of the Prairie was a drama created by Ned Buntline, who appeared in it with Cody and another well-known scout, “Texas Jack” Omohundro. The show was a succe
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What the True Story of Buffalo Bill Reveals About the Myth of the Wild West
Buffalo Bill is onstage engaged in fierce battle. He and his scouts are fighting a ferocious group of Cheyenne warriors. The audience holds its breath as the terrifying Cheyenne appear to be gaining the upper hand. But just when it seems all hope is lost, Buffalo Bill—dressed in an elegant black velvet, lace-trimmed, Mexican vaquero suit—takes aim at the Cheyenne war chief Yellow Hand and fires. Their chief shot dead, the Cheyenne are defeated. Buffalo Bill walks over to Yellow Hand’s lifeless body, takes out his knife, and removes Yellow Hand’s scalp. Buffalo Bill triumphantly raises the scalp in the air. “For Custer!” he declares. The audience erupts into wild applause and cheers. “For Custer!” they cry. In Buffalo Bill’s stage show The Red Right Hand or The First Scalp for Custer, the scalping of Yellow Hand was an act of justice.
The story of Buffalo Bill’s scalping of Yellow Hand would become a part of a mythology—a story that Wi
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Buffalo Bill
American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)
For other uses, see Buffalo Bill (disambiguation).
"Bill Cody" redirects here. For other uses, see Bill Cody (disambiguation).
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Buffalo Bill in 1911 | |
| Born | William Frederick Cody (1846-02-26)February 26, 1846 Le Claire, Iowa Territory, U.S. |
| Died | January 10, 1917(1917-01-10) (aged 70) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lookout Mountain, Colorado 39°43′57″N105°14′17″W / 39.73250°N 105.23806°W / 39.73250; -105.23806 (Grave of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody) |
| Other names | Buffalo Bill Cody Pahaska (Long hair)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Army scout, Pony Express rider, ranch hand, wagon train driver, town developer, railroad contractor, bison hunter, fur trapper, gold prospector, showman |
| Known for | Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Service / branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1863–1865, 1868–1872 |
| Rank | Private 2 (Chief of Scouts) |
| Unit | 7th Kansas Cavalry Regiment (Company H
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