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Col. Wm. F. Cody: Dear Sir,- Having visited your great exhbitioni n St. Louis and New York City, I desire to congratulate you on the successes of your enterprise. I was much interested in the various life-like representations of Western scenery, as well as the fine exhibition of skilled markmanship and magnificent horsemanship. You not only represent the many interesting features of frontier life, but also the difficulties and dangers that have been encountered by the adventurous and fearless pioneers of civilization. The wild Indian life as it ws a few years ago will soon be a thing of the past, but you appear to have selected a good class of Indians to represent that race of people, and I regard your exhibition as not only ver interesting but practically instructive. Your services on the frontier were exceedingly valuable. With best wishes for your success, believe me very truly yours,
NELSON A. MILES, Brigadier-General, U.S.A.

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"HE IS KING OF THEM ALL."
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTED RECRUITING SERVICE,
ST. LOUIS, MO., May 7, 1885.

MAJOR JOHN M. BURKE: DEAR SIR,- I take pleasure in saying that in an experience of about thirty years on the plains and in the mountains, I have seen a great many guides, scouts, trailers and hunters, and Buffalo Bill (W.F. Cody) is king of them all . He has been with me in seven Indian fights, and his services have been invaluable. Very respectfully yours,
EUGENE A. CARR, Brevet Major-General, U.S.A.

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JERSEY CITY, 405 BERGEN AVE., February 7, 1887. HON. Wm. F. Cody: MY DEAR SIR,- I fully and with pleasure indorse you as the veritable "Buffalo Bill," U.S. Scout, serving with the troops operating against hostile Indians in 1868, on the plains. I speak from personal knowledge, and from reports of officers and others, with whom you secured renown by your services as a scout and succesful hunter. Your sojourn on the fronteir at a time when it was a wild and sparsely settled section of the continent, fully enables you to portray that in which I have personally participated- the Pioneer, Indian Fighter, and Frontiersman. Wishing you every success, I remain, very respectully yours,
H.C. BANKHEAD, Brigadier-General, U.S.A.