. 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. ts of which were to manifest themselves at a laterdate. In the Spring of 1871 General Emory, who wasthen in command of Fort McPherson, called Cody to hisquarters. Cody, there has been so much petty deviltry going onin this neighborhood that I want it stopped, he said,and the best way that I knew was to get an appointmentfor you as justice of the peace. General, you compliment me too highly, Cody replied,blushing; I dont know anything mo
. 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. ts of which were to manifest themselves at a laterdate. In the Spring of 1871 General Emory, who wasthen in command of Fort McPherson, called Cody to hisquarters. Cody, there has been so much petty deviltry going onin this neighborhood that I want it stopped, he said,and the best way that I knew was to get an appointmentfor you as justice of the peace. General, you compliment me too highly, Cody replied,blushing; I dont know anything more about law than agovernment mule does about bookkeeping. That doesnt make any difference, he said, you willmake a good squire. And so he did. For several weeks he busied himselfwith the various things that came to him under his newroutine of duties. Finally he was called upon to performa marriage ceremony. The bridegroom was one of thesergeants of the company. This was a stunner to thescout. He looked through all the available books at handto find the mode of procedure, but nothing came to hisrescue. Finally he picked up the Statutes of the State [88].
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