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that actually contained cold tea. When Wild Bill tasted of it, he threw the bottle offstage and bellowed, "...I can't tell my story unless I get real whiskey!" A mortified Buffalo Bill led the search for the fire water. Wild Bill would often get bored during the performance. When this happened he would draw his gun and fire real bullets at the legs of the extras hired as Indians. Thus when the time came for these savages to die, they would often be found hopping and dancing around, terribly afraid to drop down and play dead for fear that Wild Bill would plug them for real.

It was this group, then, that came to Taunton on January 20, 1874. Their advertisement in the Taunton Daily Gazette called them "astounding attractions," a description which was more accurate possibly than the Gazette figured. These heroes of the West were called "Links Between Civilization and Savage!"

The show was to be seen at White's Music Hall, which was located on the corner of Franklin and Cohannet Streets, just a few yards away from the site of the present day Y.M.C.A. Thsi theater was the largest in the city, and many world famous acts crossed its stage. The theater held over 1,500 people, and its stage was just large enough for a Wild West show.

On the day of the performance the Gazette reminded its readers that the Buffalo Bill Cody Show presented genuine plainsmen, specimens of the Far West which wvery boy hankers for.

Taunton audiences reacted to Buffalo Bill Cody in the same way that other audiences throughout the East reacted to him--with resounding applause. His show, a critically acclaimed disaster, was loved by the people who saw it. "Scouts of the Plains" played to a packed house in Taunton. The people absolutely loved Hickok and Mor

that actually contained cold tea. When Wild Bill tasted of it, he threw the bottle offstage and bellowed, "...I can't tell my story unless I get real whiskey!" A mortified Buffalo Bill led the search for the fire water. Wild Bill would often get bored during the performance. When this happened he would draw his gun and fire real bullets at the legs of the extras hired as Indians. Thus when the time came for these savages to die, they would often be found hopping and dancing around, terribly afraid to drop down and play dead for fear that Wild Bill would plug them for real.

It was this group, then, that came to Taunton on January 20, 1874. Their advertisement in the Taunton Daily Gazette called them "astounding attractions," a description which was more accurate possibly than the Gazette figured. These heroes of the West were called "Links Between Civilization and Savage!"

The show was to be seen at White's Music Hall, which was located on the corner of Franklin and Cohannet Streets, just a few yards away from the site of the present day Y.M.C.A. Thsi theater was the largest in the city, and many world famous acts crossed its stage. The theater held over 1,500 people, and its stage was just large enough for a Wild West show.

On the day of the performance the Gazette reminded its readers that the Buffalo Bill Cody Show presented genuine plainsmen, specimens of the Far West which wvery boy hankers for.

Taunton audiences reacted to Buffalo Bill Cody in the same way that other audiences throughout the East reacted to him--with resounding applause. His show, a critically acclaimed disaster, was loved by the people who saw it. "Scouts of the Plains" played to a packed house in Taunton. The people absolutely loved Hickok and Mor

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