. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . A WKDDING CERKMON^ I do, was her response. Then join hands, said I to both of them ; I now pro-nounce you to be man and wife, and whomsoever Godand Buffalo Bill have joined together let no man put you live long and prosper. Amen. This concluded the interesting ceremony, which was fol-lowed by the usual festivities on such occasions. I washighly complimented for the elegant and eloquent mannerin which I had tied the matrimonial knot. During the summer of 1871, Professor
. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . A WKDDING CERKMON^ I do, was her response. Then join hands, said I to both of them ; I now pro-nounce you to be man and wife, and whomsoever Godand Buffalo Bill have joined together let no man put you live long and prosper. Amen. This concluded the interesting ceremony, which was fol-lowed by the usual festivities on such occasions. I washighly complimented for the elegant and eloquent mannerin which I had tied the matrimonial knot. During the summer of 1871, Professor Marsh, of YaleCollege, came out to McPherson, with a large party of stu- A SCIENTIFIC BONE HUNT. 279 dents to have a hunt and to look for fossils. ProfessorMarsh had heard of the big bone which had been found bythe Pawnees in the Niobrara country, and he intended tolook for that as Mell as other bones. lie accordingly securedthe services of Major Frank North and the Pawnees as anescort. I was also to accompany the bone-hunters, andwould liave done so had it not been for the fact that just at. A KIDE FOK LIFE. that time I was ordered out with a small scouting party togo after some Indians. The day before the Professor arrived at the fort, I hadbeen out hunting on tlie north side of the North PlatteRiver, near Pawnee Springs, with several companions, whenwe were suddenly attacked by Indians, wlio wounded oneof our number, John Weister. We stood the Indians oil fora little while, and Weister got even with them by killingone of their party. The Indians, however, outnumbered us,and at last we were forced to make a run for our lives. In 280 LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL. this we succeeded, and reached the fort in safety. The Gen-eral wanted to have the Indians pursued, and said he couldnot spare me to accomjDany Professor Marsh. However, I had the opportunity to make the acquaintanceof the eminent Professor, whom I found to be not only awell-posted person but a very entertaining gentleman. He
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