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be counted on the figures. The services which these men are called on to perform are so important and valuable that the officer who benefits by them is sure to give the fullest credit, and men honored in official reports come to be great men on the frontier. Fremont's reports made Kit Carson a renowned man. Custer immortalized California Joe, Custer, Merritt, and Carr made William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) a plains celebrity 'UNTIL TIME SHALL BE NO MORE'.
A LEGISLATOR-- The late Phocian Howard journalistically records the fact: "We were present in the Nebraska Legislature when Mr. Cody's resignation was read, and knowing his practical qualities, his through knowledge of important questions then demanding attention in border legislation, his acquaintance with the Indian problem-- the savage's deadly foe in battle, their generous friend in peace-- great was our disappointment in his refusing to continue in their generous in political life, choosing to be, what he really is, a true 'Knight of the Plains'. On the frontier, even there his name a household word, deserdly is the famous scout popular throughout the land, standing, as he has, a leader among the manly pioneer barriers between civilization and savagery, risking all that the "Star of Empire might force its westward way". We know Bill Cody well having been with him in three campaigns amoung the Indians, the last being the memorable Custer campaign under Cook on the Big Horn against the Sutting Bull Sioux and we bear kind witness that Buffalo Bill is the idol of the army and frontiersmen and the dread and terror of the war-bonneted Indian. At the last session of the Nebraska Legislature he received a large complimentary vote for United States Senator.

A PEN PICTURE-- Curtis Guild, proprietor and editor of the Conservative Commercial Balletin, Boston writes-- "Raised on the frontier, he has passed through every grade, and won fame in each line while to be proficient in one bring celebrity sufficient to pratify most ambitions. That it is he holds supremacy in fact, and received from his associates an adoration superpassing even his public popularity. Visitors to the camp, early the other morning, found him joining in every frolic, game and contest, with each and all generally excelling; in shooting, in running, in jumping, in trials of strength, feats of agility, horsemanship, handling the ribbons behind four or six, riding the vicious mustang, manipulating the revolver, etc, tackling each specialist, and coming to the front with a generous modesty admired by the defeated.
"No lover of the human race, no man with an eye for the picturesque, but must have enjoyed the very sight of those pioneers of civilization. Never was a finer picture of American manhood presented than when Buffalo Bill stepped out to show the capabilities of the Western teamster's whip. Tall beyond the lot of ordinary mortals traight as an arrow, not an ounce of useless flesh upon his limbs, but every muscle firm and hard as the sinews of a stag, with the frank, kindly eye of a devoted friend, and a natural coartly grace of manner which would become a marshal of France, Buffalo Bill is from spur to sombrero one of the finest types of manhood, this continent has ever produced. THose who had expected to meet a different class of men must have been pleasantly surprised in these genuine sons of the plains, every one of whom was stamped with the natural easy grace and courtesy of manner which marks the man who is born a gentleman.
AS AN EDUCATOR.-- The nationally known Brick Pomeroy thus writes:-- "One of the pronounced positive, strong men of the West is Hon. W. F. Cody, of Nebraska, known quite generally the world over as "Buffalo Bill". A sturdy generous positive character who as hunter guide, scout, Government officer, member of the Legislature and gentleman, rises to the equal of every emergency into which his way is opened or directed. Quick to think and to act, cool in all cases of pleasure or extreme danger; versatile in his genius; broad and liberal in his ideas; progressive in his mentality, he can no more keep still or settle down into a routine work incidental to office or farm life, than an eagle can thrive in a cage.
"The true Western man is free, fearless, generous, and chivalrous. Of this class, Hon. W. F Cody, "Buffalo Bill', is a bright representative. As a part of his rushing career he has brought together material for what he correctly terms a Wild West Exhibitation. I should call it a exhibition, but to give people in the East a correct representation of life on the plains, and the incidental life of the hardy, brave, intelligent pioneers, who are the first to blaze the way to the future homes and greatness of America. He knows the worth and sturdiness of true Western character, and as a lover of his country, wishes to present as many facts as possible to the public, so that those who will, can see actual pictures of life in the West, brought to the East for the inspection and education of the public.
"Buffalo Bill" has brough the Wild West to the doors of the East. There is more of real life, of genuine interest, of positive education in this startling exhibition, than I have ever before seen, and it is as true to nature and life as it really is with those who are smoothing the way..