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Dispatch

Aug 19''

BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST.

On the 25th day of June, 1876, one of the
most disastrous and sanguinary battles that
has ever been recorded on history's page took
place in the valley of the Little Big Horn.
Led by the gallant and dashing hero, General
George A. Custer, over 200 brave soldiers
of the United States army rode calmly
into the valley of death, and with their chivalrous
leader laid down their lives. Among
the members of the Wild West organization
are Painted Horse, Plenty Horses, Red Elk,
Shot-in-the-Eye-with-an-Arrow, Lone Wolf,
Rocky Bear and Flat Iron, all of whom were
active lieutenants of the great chief Big
Road and all of whom were participants in
the now famous battle. In the ranks of the
detachment from the United States cavalry
with the Wild West are Sergeant Hackett
and others who were in that memorable
campaign of 1876, and who at the time of
the massacre were very close to it. These
facts lend an additional attractiveness to
the exhibition, and give it a human touch
that no presentation of picture, however
grandly given, can produce. From now on
this feature will be prominent in the program
at every performance, two of which
are given every day at 3 and 8:30 p. m.,
rain or shine.