. Thrilling lives of Buffalo Bill, Col. Wm. F. Cody, last of the great scouts and Pawnee Bill, Major Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) white chief of the Pawnees. g Lives Wait until those men get a little closer/ Cody said,and as the Indians are about to charge I will take myscouts and make a dash to their rescue. Alright Cody/ Merritt replied, its risky, but if youcan do it, go ahead. Buffalo Bill rushed back to the command and mounting,picked out fifteen men then rejoined Merritt on the hill. Give the word, Cody said, when you think its timeGeneral. A few moments later Merritt exclaimed: Go in
. Thrilling lives of Buffalo Bill, Col. Wm. F. Cody, last of the great scouts and Pawnee Bill, Major Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) white chief of the Pawnees. g Lives Wait until those men get a little closer/ Cody said,and as the Indians are about to charge I will take myscouts and make a dash to their rescue. Alright Cody/ Merritt replied, its risky, but if youcan do it, go ahead. Buffalo Bill rushed back to the command and mounting,picked out fifteen men then rejoined Merritt on the hill. Give the word, Cody said, when you think its timeGeneral. A few moments later Merritt exclaimed: Go in now Cody, be quick about it, they are about tocharge. The two messengers were not over four hundred yardsdistant, with the Indians about six hundred feet behindthem. Cody and his men dashed over the bluffs and gal-loped straight at the redskins. A quick skirmish thenthree dead Indians were on the plains. The balance retreated joining the main body of warpainted Cheyennes. But not for long. A second group came dashing at the white men whowere by this time nearly a half mile from the cavalry. Thefighting began in earnest. Suddenly one of the Indians [144]. JNRpUOH WONDERLAND QAI^iPr^^^ O^ THE CODY TRAlt Duel with Indian decorated with the head gear of a chief broke from hisband and rode straight for Cody. I know you, Pa-he-haska, he yelled in the nativetongue. If you want fight, come ahead and fight me. The chief drew his men to line and rode back and forthin front bantering Buffalo Bill with challenges for a duel. All right, you red devil, get ready. Cody gallopedtoward him, the Chief started at the same time, both rid-ing at full speed to within a distance of thirty yards of eachother. The Indian fired first and missed. Buffalo Bills shotkilled the redskins horse. At the same instant his ownmount stumbled and Cody was unseated. Springing totheir feet both the red and white man, not more thantwenty paces apart, fired simultaneously. The Indian sank to the ground with a bullet in
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