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the Union army in Southwester Missouri and has since served as scout and guide with many commands in several States and Territories. When Nebraska was admitted to the Union as a State Mr. Cody was elected to the State Senate, being the youngest member of that body. From this it will be seen that his title of "Hon." is not a mere affection, as some suppose. As an Indian fighter he has gained an enviable reputation among military men, and were an Indian war to break out tomorrow Mr. Cody would probably find himself under marching orders from Gen. Sheridan and would be ready to pilot a brigade through the Western country at very short notice. In the Sioux war of 1876 Mr. Cody took active part and his name frequently occurs in the official reports of that campaign. Mr. Cody's ideas of a successful Indian policy differ radically from any course yet pursued by the United States authorities. He is decidedly of the opinion that the government should furnish Indian agents who have a practical knowledge of the "'noble savage," his wants, his peculiarities and his sufferings in the past. Says he:---"The men who are in charge of the agencies have no real knowledge of the Indian. They come perhaps from New England and they care, not so much for the Indian, as the money which they are able to make out their positions. In my opinion the Indians are a long suffering race, and have borne many insults at the hands of the authorities and the settlers. I do not know of a single troaty made with any tribe where the Indians have been the first to break the compact." He has a high opinion of Captain Jack as a General and said he could not but admire the pluck and cunning of the man who with seventy two men hold a large body of troops at bay for weeks. At the time of the Custer massacre Mr. Cody was with Crook's command, thirty-five miles from the scene of that awful slaughter. He is free to say that he things the death of Custer was due to the cowardice of Major Reno and he administers a strong rebuke to the man who would allow his commanding officer to be cut down when he could hear the vollets of musketry a mile and a hald away. But we have already overstepped our space. Suffice it to say that not only is Mr. Cody everything that he pretends to be on the bills, but more. He is a Western capitalist as well as a professional actor, and is owner in an extensive cattle ranch at North Platte Nebraska, where he now has nearly 8000 head of cattle. It is here he passes the summer months at work among his stock, living in the saddle and breathing the air of our Western praries. In conclusion we would say to these who have laughed at Mr. Cody as a humbug that be in no [seek?]. He is a true Western man, and a fine specimen of the [class?].