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Wm. Cody and J. W. Crawford, celebrated
scouts, known respectively
as "Buffalo Bill" and "Captain
Jack," appeared at Stockton Theater
last night in a thrilling Western
drama, entitled "Life on the Border."
They are supported by an excellent
dramatic company. The principal
characters are fine types of physical
manhood, and are by no means indifferent
actors. The adventures that
have made these men famous are capitally
depicted, and additional interest is
given to the scenes by the fact that they
are portrayed by the veritable parties
who figured in the originals and faced
danger in almost every conceivable
form. "Bufialo Bill" is a tall, athletic
man of fine personal presence, and
every movement of his limbs and linament
of his face attest the possession of
that kind of "nerve" essential for self
preservation in moments of great peril.
Those who failed to see "Life on the
Border" last evening missed a rare
treat, for the loss of which they may
be in some measure compensated
by witnessing the performance to-night.
The play to-night is entitled "The Red
Right Hand," or "Buffalo Bill's first
scalp for Custer," when a fac-simile of
the scalping of the famous Cheyenne
Chief, "Yellow Hand," by the principal
actor, will be presented. Mr. Cody
killed "Yellow Hand," the Chief of
eight hundred Cheyenne braves, at the
battle of Indian Creek, in the Black
Hills, on the 8th of July last. Tonight
is the last appearance of the
troupe and the only opportunity Stocktonians
will have of witnessing the
notable scouts and Indian fighters
above named portraying on the platform
what they have in reality performed in
the Indian country among the savage
tribes.