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"Mr. Cody has since served with me as post guide and scout at For McPherson, where he frequently distinguished himself. ***

"In the summer of 1876 Cody went with me to the Black Hills region, where he killed Yellow Hand. Afterward he has with the Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition. I consider that his services to the country and the army by trailing, finding and fighting Indians, and thus portecting the frontier settlers, and by guiding commands over the best and most practicable routes, have been invaluable."

Thus it will be seen that, notwithstanding it may sometimes be thought his fame rests upon the pen of the romancer and novelist, had they never been attracted to him (and they were solely by his streling worth), W. F. Cody could have none the less been a character in American history. Having assisted in founding substantial peace in Nebraska, where he was honored by being elected to the legislature (while away on a hunt), he has settled at North Platte, to enjoy the fruits and minister to the wants and advancements of the domestic circle with which he is clessed. On the return to civil life of his old prairie friend, Major North, in rehearsing the old time years agone on the Platte, the Republican, and the Medicine, they concluded to reproduce some of the interesting scenes on the plains and in the Wild West.

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"Mr. Cody has since served with me as post guide and scout at For McPherson, where he frequently distinguished himself. ***

"In the summer of 1876 Cody went with me to the Black Hills region, where he killed Yellow Hand. Afterward he has with the Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition. I consider that his services to the country and the army by trailing, finding and fighting Indians, and thus portecting the frontier settlers, and by guiding commands over the best and most practicable routes, have been invaluable."

Thus it will be seen that, notwithstanding it may sometimes be thought his fame rests upon the pen of the romancer and novelist, had they never been attracted to him (and they were solely by his streling worth), W. F. Cody went with me to the Black Hills,