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Chicago Herald 6/4

BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST.

It is no disparagement to any other amusement
enterprise in the city to say that as an
appropriate and fitting annex to the Columbian
exposition Buffalo Bill's Wild West
stands without a rival. The world's fair
exhibits to visitors the results of art, science,
literature and mechanical skill and
invention. The Wild West introduces types
of character and representatives of peoples,
all of historic and peculiar interest. The
Cossacks from the Caucasus are led by a
veritable prince of their nation; the Indians
are under the control of their real chiefs,
many of whom are on record as
participants in the frontier troubles of
recent years; the cowboys are away
from their ranches for this especial
visit to the world's fair, and the detachments
of cavalry from France, England,
Germany and the United States are detailed
on special service. At the Wild West may
be seen all these different types of international
interest, living over, for public enlightenment,
each day their lives and duties
as they are at home and when on duty. The
scenes depicted are real occurrences and
the actors are the very people who enacted
those scenes. They are not actors hired for
the purpose, but are the very people themselves,
and are simply repeating in public
the acts they have performed in actual life
and service. Every railroad going south
takes its passengers to the gates, and there
are two entrances provided, one at Sixty-
second street and another at Sixty-third
street.