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his performance at Peck's Grand Opera House seemed to elicit some elitism from the Register's theater critic in the December 31, 1881 edition. Buffalo Bill would perform "The Prairie Waif." The reviewer quoted from the New York Herald. "Buffalo Bill's sharp shooting was excellent, and his acting was vigorous and natural. He is wonderfully improved as an actor." The reviewer continued to say that there was plenty of choice for all tastes on New Years Day, 1881, in New Haven. He preferred the comic opera Boccacio that would be performed at Carll's Opera House.

There was a brief review in the Register's January 3, 1882 edition. "At Peck's Grand Opera House, Buffalo Bill and his Indians stirred the hearts of the gallery gods and excited them to laughter and applause."