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Chicago Times 5/9

Buffalo Bill's Big Show.

The exhibitions of the great Wild West at
Sixty-third street, opposite the world's fair,
constantly grow in public favor and the enthusiasm
of the spectators is unbounded.
The character of the entertainment is so
unique, its various features so realistic,
and as an entirety it is so practically
illustrative of the scenes, incidents, and people
who inhabit the prairies and mountains
of the far west that it is not suprising that
it has already become a fixed and powerful

world's fair attraction. The Wild West is unprecedented
as an attraction that introduces
the identical characters of whom it tells.
The Indians that take part in the entertainment
are the very ones who were prominent
in the stirring scenes of the frontier; the
horses they ride are veritable untamed western
products, and the scenes they enact have
been actual occurrences. The Cossacks,
Arabs, Mexicans, and cowboys are not imitators,
but are the genuine articles, and the
military are actial enlisted members of the
different corps they represent. Last, but the
most prominent of all, is Col. W. F. Cody
(Buffalo Bill), whose record as scout, guide,
and hero of the plains is attested by the
highest military authority, and whose history
is part of the history of the early days
of the great wild west. The vast arena is
crowded at every performance, there being
two each day, no matter what the character
of the weather.

Chicago Times May 9/93