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He would drop down on the back of
a huge buffalo bull, and thus ride out
of danger.

This he did, landing astride of the
back of an animal that, frightened fearfully,
endeavored to throw him off, but
in vain.

Fortunately the herd headed in the
direction of the train encampment, and
as the men ran out to secure fresh
buffalo meat, they saw that one of the
bulls had a rider, and a crack shot
bringing the animal down, it was found
to be Bill Cody, who was then and
there christened Buffalo Bill.

Another account is that when hunting
for the hands on the Kansas Pacific
Railroad, he in one season killed 4,280
buffaloes, and thereby won the title
that he is known by the world over.

As a pony express rider, when fifteen
years of age, under the famous
Alf Slade, Buffalo Bill won a name as
being a rider of marvelous skill and
endurance, making on one occasion a
continuous ride of 332 miles, and accomplishing
the whole distance in 22
hours, truly a wonderful feat.

But it was when he became a scout
in the army that he made his greatest
name, and the general officers under
whom he has several, and those who
have served with him, give him the
credit of being a man of unimpaired
skill in prairie craft, indomitable courage,
a miraculous marksman with rifle
and revolver, and at all times a gentleman.

Receiving only a common school education,
Buffalo Bill has since educated
himself, for, a thorough reader of human
nature and close observer of men
and things, he falls, naturally, into the
ways of polite society, while, a great
reader, he has a fund of general information
one would not believe possible
to be attained by a person who had led
his arduous, busy, and adventurous
life.

Over six feet in height, formed like
an Apollo, and as handsome as a picture,
he is a man to attract universal
attention wherever he goes, to which,
however, he seems utterly indifferent.

At the time of the visit of the Grand
Duke Alexis to the United States,
General Sheridan selected Buffalo Bill
as his guide, and he received from the
duke a magnificent diamond ring in
return for his services, and an invitation
to visit him in Russia, which Mr.
Cody says he will one day accept.

Acting also as guide and hunter for
numerous partics of English noblemen
hunting on the plains, and also for Mr.
James Gordon Bennett, J.G. Hecksher,
Leonard and Lawrence Jerome,
Colonel Souyler Crosby, and other noted
Americans, he soon became known
as a bona fide frontiersman.

When the late Mr. Frank Leslie
made his memorable trip to the Pacific
Coast, Buffalo Bill was his invited
guest through the Sierra Nevada
Mountains.

Thus becoming famous through his
own deeds, Mr. Codt was seized upon
as the hero of many an "o'er true tale"
in the weekly papers, and was urged
to come to the East and engage in a
dramatic enterprise, in which he has
been successful as an actor, and made
a snug fortune.

As a pistol and rifle shot Mr. Cody
has no superior, and his deeds with
firearms are simply miraculous, and
must be seen to be believed.

At present, Mr. Cody resides at
North Platte, Nebraska, where he has
a large cattle ranch, which yields him
a handsome sum annually, and where
he is known as a "cattle king."