| 310Inter Ocean
July 29"
BUFFALO BILL; FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.
By John M. Burke. (Chicago: Rand, McNally
& Co.) This is a neatly printed volume
of 275 pages and finely illustrated,
both with portraits of distinguished persons
and with characteristic wild life upon
the frontier. The entire story is as interesting
as the best romance. The plainly
told facts in the life of such a man as
Mr. Cody far excel fiction. The compiler
of the volume does well in
quoting the opinions of a large number
of the leading officers of the United States
army, who have in their written reports, in
no unstinted terms, marked him as the
superior man. Those who have known him
longest and best speak of his great service
to the army in the Indian wars as invaluable.
He was the scout of the United
States army for fifteen years, and for a long
period held the position "chief of scouts,"
equal at all times in its importance to that
of commander of the army, and one upon
which the command was at all times
dependent for its safety and success. The
government recognized the value of such
and paid the chief of scouts a round salary
of $3,550 per year beside, his expenses of
subsistence, horses, etc. Besides this,
perilous missions for carrying dispatches
through hostile countries were richly rewarded.
Buffalo Bill was a frontiersman
from boyhood. But while he has lived the
wild, free life of the plains and among
rough characters, the universal testimony
is that he never forgets to be a gentleman.
Manhood in its best build seems to
have grown with his growth. One of
the generals referring to Cody
says: "He was never excited even in
the fiercest battles, and never noisy. In
fact, I seldom saw him except when I
needed him, and then he could always be
found and always give calm, wise advice.
People who have the idea that the head of
the Wild West show is a half savage and fit
only for half civilized life should read this
volume and rightly appreciate the man.
The writer of this knew the celebrated Kit
Carson while on the plains when in his
prime, and admired the man for his qualities
of manhood. Mr. Cody is the legitimate
successor of Kit Carson, who has
filled a wider field and made a reputation
for his courage and skill and patriotism
and manhood in two continents, and fully
deserves his wonderful success. | 310Inter Ocean
July 29"
BUFFALO BILL; FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.
By John M. Burke. (Chicago: Rand, McNally
& Co.) This is a neatly printed volume
of 275 pages and finely illustrated,
both with portraits of distinguished persons
and with characteristic wild life upon
the frontier. The entire story is as interesting
as the best romance. The plainly
told facts in the life of such a man as
Mr. Cody far excel fiction. The compiler
of the volume does well in
quoting the opinions of a large number
of the leading officers of the United States
army, who have in their written reports, in
no unstinted terms, marked him as the
superior man. Those who have known him
longest and best speak of his great service
to the army in the Indian wars as invaluable.
He was the scout of the United
States army for fifteen years, and for a long
period held the position "chief of scouts,"
equal at all times in its importance to that
of commander of the army, and one upon
which the command was at all times
dependent for its safety and success. The
government recognized the value of such
and paid the chief of scouts a round salary
of $3,550 per year beside, his expenses of
subsistence, horses, etc. Besides this,
perilous missions for carrying dispatches
through hostile countries were richly rewarded.
Buffalo Bill was a frontiersman
from boyhood. But while he has lived the
wild, free life of the plains and among
rough characters, the universal testimony
is that he never forgets to be a gentleman.
Manhood in its best build seems to
have grown with his growth. One of
the generals referring to Cody
says: "He was never excited even in
the fiercest battles, and never noisy. In
fact, I seldom saw him except when I
needed him, and then he could always be
found and always give calm, wise advice.
People who have the idea that the head of
the Wild West show is a half savage and fit
only for half civilized life should read this
volume and rightly appreciate the man.
The writer of this knew the celebrated Kit
Carson while on the plains when in his
prime, and admired the man for his qualities
of manhood. Mr. Cody is the legitimate
successor of Kit Carson, who has
filled a wider field and made a reputation
for his courage and skill and patriotism
and manhood in two continents, and fully
deserves his wonderful success. |
