. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . umberof his warriors, to show how the Indian looked and acted on hisnative plains. The Russian prince arrived at the appointed time, Buffalo Billwas introduced to him, and after the Indians had given their ex-hibition of horsemanship and sham fights, and celebrated a grandwar-dance, they retired to dream of the buffalo hunt the nextday. With a commendable desire to lose as little time as possi- BUFFALO BILL. 6uy bio, the grand duke had asked many questions of his guide andtutor: How do you shoot buffaloes? What kind of a weapondo 3ou use? Any parti
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . umberof his warriors, to show how the Indian looked and acted on hisnative plains. The Russian prince arrived at the appointed time, Buffalo Billwas introduced to him, and after the Indians had given their ex-hibition of horsemanship and sham fights, and celebrated a grandwar-dance, they retired to dream of the buffalo hunt the nextday. With a commendable desire to lose as little time as possi- BUFFALO BILL. 6uy bio, the grand duke had asked many questions of his guide andtutor: How do you shoot buffaloes? What kind of a weapondo 3ou use? Any particular style? Am I going to have a goodhorse? Cody assured him that he would have Buckskin Joeto ride, a steed whose accomplishments in the matter of buffalohunting were equalled only by those of the lato Brigham ; andthat all he would have to do, after getting into a herd, would boto sit on the horse^s back and fire away. Much was said in the newspapers of the day about this hunt,and the grand dukes success. With a truly republican desire to. SHOWING THE CiRji_NU ULKE HOW TO KILL BUKFALOKS. detract from a princes merit and add to a citizens, one assertedthat Buffalo Bill killed Alexis first buffalo for him ; another,equally ill-natured, insisted that Cody held the animal while theprince shot it. Having given these two versions, the veracioushistorian proceeds to state the third and more credible, sincesupported by the testimony of Buffalo Bill himself. They hadnot gone far before they saw a buffalo herd, and were soon in themidst of it. Preferring at first to use his pistol, Alexis emptiedthe six chambers without producing the slightest effect. Bidingup to his side, Cody exchanged revolvers with him, and the sixshots in the second went the way of those in the first. Seeing 610 BUFFALO BILL. that the animals would make their escape without his killing oneof them, Cody rode up to the prince again, gave him his gun, andtold him to urge on his horse close to the buffaloes, and he w
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