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HON. W. F. CODY.

was born in Scott County, Iowa, whence hi...
afterward to the distant frontier territory of Ka...
still a boy his father was killed in what is now...
passed amid all the excitements and turmoil inci...
community, where the embers of political conten...
ing flame of civil war. This state of affairs amo...
the ingrained ferocity and hostility to encroach...
phere of adventure well calculated to educate or...
with danger, and self-reliance in the protective...

From a child used to shooting and riding...
express rider, then the most dangerous occupat...
to be most fearless and ready for any mission of danger, and respected by such men then engaged in the express service as old Jule and the terrible Slade, whose correct finale is truthfully told in Mark Twain's "Roughing It." He accompanied Gerneral Albert Sidney Johnston on his Utah expedition, guided trains overland, hunted for a living, and gained his sobriquet by wresting the laurels as a buffalo hunter from all claimants - notably Comstock, in a contest with...
tected the building of the Union Pacific. In thes...
men have been innumerable, and are well auther...
the country. In fact, wherever you meet an army...
dorser of Buffalo Bill. He is, in fact, the represent...
that is, not the bar-room brawler or bully of the set...
manhood - a child of the plains, who was raised th...
to railroads, and when it was known on our map...
accident of birth and early association, a man who...
dangers of primitive existence, and possessed of th...
hold positions of trust, and, without his knowing o...

Gen. Richard Irving Dodge, Gen. Serma
"Thirty Years Among Our Wild Indians" : "The...
depends, to a degree, on the skill, fidelity and int...
...habitually dependent on them for good routes and comfortable
...mmand must rely on them almost entirely for their knowledge of
...s of the enemy."

...ere personal bravery, a scout must possess the moral qualities
...ain of a ship - full of self reliance in his own ability to meet and
...difficulties, be a thorough student of nature, a self - taught weather
...erience, an astronomer by necessity, a naturalist, and thoroughly
...atagems, trickery and skill of his implacable Indian foe, because,
...eading troops, on him alone depends corectness of destination,
...ction against sudden storms, the finding of game, grass, wood and
...course, is more fatal than the deadly bullet. In fact, more lives have
...incompetent guides than ever the Sioux or Pawnes destroyed.
...ing officers are quick to recognise these traits in those claiming
...e in the military history of the West has such deference been
...Cody, as in witnessed by the continous years of service he has
...unds he has served, the expeditions and campaigns he has been
...holding, when he desired, the position of "Chief of Scouts of
...he intimate associations and contact resulting from it with Gen.
...he was at the making of the Comanche and Kiowa Treaty), Gen.
...ften given him special recognition and chosen him to organise
...the Duke Alexis), old Gen. Harney, Gens, W.S. Hancock, Crook,
...erry, McKenzie, Carr, Forsythe, Merritt, Brisbin, Emory, Gibbon,
...mer, Pembroke, and the late lamented Gen. Custer. His history
...istory of the middle West, and though younger equalling in term
...dventure Kit Carson, old Jim Bridger, Californian Joe, Wild Bill,
...gone associates.

...of the confidence placed in his frontiersmanship, it may suffice to
...se money and position most naturally sought the best protection
...fford, and who chose to place their lives in his keeping : Sir George
...Gordon Bennett, Duke Alexis, Gen. Custer, Lawrence Jerome,
...l of Rochester, Professor Marsh of Yale College, Major J. G.
...non Kingsley's brother), and others of equal rank and distinction.
...exploits with Carr, Miles and Crook, published in the New York
...mer of 1876, when he killed Yellow Hand in front of the military
...fight, are recorded references.

...f his old commeander and celebrated Indian - fighter, Gen. E. A.
...ve to him, is a tribute as generous as any brave man has ever
...ion:

...with my command, steadily in the field, I am qualified to bear
...ions and character.

...and unassuming. He is a natural gentleman in his manners as
...none of the roughness of the typical frontiersman. He can take
...but I have never heard of his using a knife or a pistal, or engag
...d be avoided. His personal strength and activity are very great,
...on are so good that no one has reason to quarrel with him,
...r than a good field - glass; he is the best trailer I have ever heard
...of the 'lay of country' - that is, he is able to tell what kind of
...any miles it is to water, or to any place, or how many miles have

...ever to tire and was always ready to go, in the darkest night or
...ly volunteered, knowing what the emergency required. His
...ans, or looking for stray animals or for game, is simply wonder
...ary hunter.

...s never noisy, obstreperous or excited. In fact, I never hardly
...I happened to want him, or he had something to report, when
...ce, and his information was always valuable and reliable.

...1866 we encountered hardship and exposure in terrific snow
...ne accasion that winter Mr. CODY showed his quality by quietly
...patches to Gen. Sheridan, across a dangerous region, where
...reluctant to risk himself.