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BUFFALO BILL

His Strange and Varied Carcer.

This celebrated scout, so well known by his famous exploits and the pen of Ned Buntline, was born in Scott County, Iowa, In 1839, and received the Christian, name of William F Cody. At ten years of age he removed with. his father, Isaac Cody, to Kansas. Cody was elected a member of the first Kansas Legislature, which met at Lecompton and was one of the most active settlers in the struggle that made "bleeding Kansas” a free State. His life was sacrificed to the cause, as he was killed in 1856 during the border ruffian war by the pro-slavery party.

William, In order to support his sisters and widowed mother, although, only 15 years old, entered the service of Russell, Major & Waddell as a firefighter across the plains, and continued in that employment until the establishment of the pony express, in which he was the first rider that started on the route. He left this business when the telegraph superseded it and entered the army as a scout under General Blunt, and served in tho noted company known as the Red-legged Scouts. Although not out of his teens, his reputation as a daredevil scout, who feared neither hostile Indian nor treacherous white man, was wide-spread. he served dury the war of the rebellion as a scout in the army of the West and performed marvelous feats of daring which won for him many encomiums from the commander of that department.

At the close of the war he was employed as n hunter for the Kansas Pacific railroad at a salary of 500 a month and found, and during his eighteen months' service killed 4,280 buffalo, as recorded on the books of the company, which earned for him the soubriquet which has made him a name and reputation whenever has native tongue is spoken, and which has placed him among the favored list at the Imperial•Court of St. Petersburg.

Subsequently lie challenged any man in the world to kill that description of cattle with him, and his defi was accepted by a man named Comstock. Arrangements were accordingly made, and the match took place on Kansas plains and was witnessed by nearly one thousand persons, who hied hither from all parts. The contest was $500 aside, lasted an entire day, and when the slain cattle were counted at night it was found that sixty-nine had met death at the hands of Bill, while his antagonist's score numbered only fifty-four.

At the breaking out of the Indian war of 1867, he became General Sheridan’s scout and guard. During the winter of 1868 he was attached to General Curr's command, and since that time, until within about three months, he has served as a scout to General Sheridan. His thrilling adventures during his career are too numerous to mention in detail, but it may be truly said he has never turned his back to mortal foe, and many a redskin has taken passage to the happy hunting-grounds on a through ticket furnished through the smooth barrel of his unerring rifle. As a marksman as a hunter, as a scout, as a horseman, and as a man, Buffalo Bill may be said to be the King of the Prairies. In personal appearance, Mr. Oody is n model of manly beauty.

About six feet in height, straight as an arrow, perfectly proportioned, with fine, waving hair falling down upon his shoulders, large, clear, brown eyes that look calmly upon the most frightful scenes, he is one to win the admiration of the fair sex or lead his fellows In the fiercest conflict. Naturally enough, in all his conflicts he has not passed unscathed, and many a scar and wound bear silent witness of his bravery, one of which, in his leg, still troubles him severely.

He was married at St. Louis in 1866, and today is the proud father of three children-two

BUFFALO BILL
His Strange and Varied Carcer.
This celebrated scout, so well known by his famous exploits and the pen of Ned Buntline, was born in Scott County, Iowa, In 1839, and received the Christian, name of William F Cody. At ten years of age he removed with. his father, Isaac Cody, to Kansas. Cody was elected a member of the first Kansas Legislature, which met at Lecompton and was one of the most active settlers in the struggle that made "bleeding Kansas” a free State. His life was sacrificed to the cause, as he was killed in 1856 during the border ruffian war by the pro-slavery party.
William, In order to support his sisters and widowed mother, although, only 15 years old, entered the service of Russell, Major & Waddell as a firefighter across the plains, and continued in that employment until the establishment of the pony express, in which he was the first rider that started on the route. He left this business when the telegraph superseded it and entered the army as a scout under General Blunt, and served in tho noted company known as the Red-legged Scouts. Although not out of his teens, his reputation as a daredevil scout, who feared neither hostile Indian nor treacherous white man, was wide-spread. he served dury the war of the rebellion as a scout in the army of the West and performed marvelous feats of daring which won for him many encomiums from the commander of that department.
At the close of the war he was employed as n hunter for the Kansas Pacific railroad at a salary of 500 a month and found, and during his eighteen months' service killed 4,280 buffalo, as recorded on the books of the company, which earned for him the soubriquet which has made him a name and reputation whenever has native tongue is spoken, and which has placed him among the favored list at the Imperial•Court of St. Petersburg.
Subsequently lie challenged any man in the world to kill that description of cattle with him, and his defi was accepted by a man named Comstock. Arrangements were accordingly made, and the match took place on Kansas plains and was witnessed by nearly one thousand persons, who hied hither from all parts. The contest was $500 aside, lasted an entire day, and when the slain cattle were counted at night it was found that sixty-nine had met death at the hands of Bill, while his antagonist's score numbered only fifty-four.
At the breaking out of the Indian war of 1867, he became General Sheridan’s scout and guard. During the winter of 1868 he was attached to General Curr's command, and since that time, until within about three months, he has served as a scout to General Sheridan. His thrilling adventures during his career are too numerous to mention in detail, but it may be truly said he has never turned his back to mortal foe, and many a redskin has taken passage to the happy hunting-grounds on a through ticket furnished through the smooth barrel of his unerring rifle. As a marksman as a hunter, as a scout, as a horseman, and as a man, Buffalo Bill may be said to be the King of the Prairies. In personal appearance, Mr. Oody is n model of manly beauty.
About six feet in height, straight as an arrow, perfectly proportioned, with fine, waving hair falling down upon his shoulders, large, clear, brown eyes that look calmly upon the most frightful scenes, he is one to win the admiration of the fair sex or lead his fellows In the fiercest conflict. Naturally enough, in all his conflicts he has not passed unscathed, and many a scar and wound bear silent witness of his bravery, one of which, in his leg, still troubles him severely.
He was married at St. Louis in 1866, and today is the proud father of three children