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BUFFALO BILL
Who He Is, What He Is and What He
Has Done- His First Appearance.

The little paper on Felix street is said
to have drawn the identity of Buffalo
Bill into question by a statement to the
effect that people would be "fooled" if
they expected to see the genuine Buffalo
Bill on Friday evening. The party
"fooled" is evidently the author of the
paragraph creating the impression. Buffalo
Bill who appears here on Friday
evening, is the original William F. Cody,
whose name has become a household
word throughout the United States. He
obtained his famous sobriquet at the time
the Union Pacific railroad was run across
the plains, when he contracted to keep
the entire construction gang in buffalo
meat. This he did, single-handed and
alone, killing an unprecedented number of
prairie bison and in consequence contracting
the name of "Buffalo Bill." Having
performed other duties for large corporations...