Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout: being a true an exact history of all the sanguinary combats and hair-breadth escapes of the most famous scout and spy America ever produced.Buel, James W. (James William)
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Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout: being a true an exact history of all the sanguinary combats and hair-breadth escapes of the most famous scout and spy America ever produced.
Buel, James W. (James William)
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876
In another instant he had transferred his pistol to his left hand, and
three more successive shots dropped his antagonists. Three of the men
were shot in the head and instantly killed. The other was shot in the
right cheek, the ball carrying away a large portion of the cheek bone.
He afterwards recovered, and may be living yet. The names of the four
were: Jack Harkness, the one who recovered; Jim Slater, Frank Dowder
and Seth Beeber.
Bill was lionized by the others in the crowd in a moment after the
fight; his wound was carefully bandaged and his wants administered to;
but he considered it safer to quit the county at once, and returned
to Kansas, going direct to Hays City, where he remained until he
recovered the use of his arm, none of the bones having been broken, and
in the latter part of the same year he was made city marshal, as he was
the only one capable of dealing with the lawless class which had often
overrun the town and set law and decency at defiance.
WILD BILL’S OPINION OF YANKEES.
In 1868, Wild Bill was engaged to guide a party of thirty
pleasure-seekers, headed by Hon. Henry Wilson, deceased
ex-Vice-President, through some of the Western territories. Mrs.
Wilson, wife of the Vice-President, was among the party, and being of
a most vivacious and entertaining disposition, added greatly to the
enjoyment of the trip. Wild Bill’s introduction to her resulted in a
pleasing episode at the conclusion of the trip. She requested Bill to
carefully scrutinize the party, and then give her his impartial opinion
of Yankees. Bill replied that it was not customary for him to form rash
conclusions, but if it were her wish he would deliver his opinion upon
their return.
The thirty days roaming through the canyons and over the mountains
furnished a most enjoyable diversion to the entire party. There was
scarcely a day passed but that Bill gave them samples of his unerring
aim, killing enough game with his pistol to provision the company. The
ladies, who composed nearly one-half the party, never tired of praising
him, listening to his stories of border life, and wondering at his
marvelous escapes. Bill naturally felt elated, and could not refrain
from evincing his very deep interest in the pretty girls from the
states. The gentlemen exhibited equal interest in the exploits of Bill,
and gave him full credit for his performances. There was one thing
about the party which Bill could not comprehend, viz.: the tight-legged
pants which they wore--which at that time were the prevailing fashion
in the East--and gave to the wearer the appearance of skeleton legs,
wrapped with checked bandages, or a grasshopper dressed in an overcoat.
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