. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. time Bill has probabty killedhis bakers dozen of men, but he has never, I believe,been known as the aggressor. To the people ofHays he was a valuable officer, making arrests whenand where none other dare attempt it. His powerlies in the wonderful quic
. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. time Bill has probabty killedhis bakers dozen of men, but he has never, I believe,been known as the aggressor. To the people ofHays he was a valuable officer, making arrests whenand where none other dare attempt it. His powerlies in the wonderful quickness with which he drawsa pistol and takes his aim. These first shots, how-ever, can not always last. They that take the swordshall perish with the sword; and living as he doesby the pistol, Bill will certainly die by it, unless heabandons the frontier. Only a short time after we left Hays two soldiersattempted his life. Attacked unexpectedly, Bill wasknocked down and the muzzle of a musket placedagainst his forehead, but before it could be dischargedthe ready pistol was drawn and the two soldiers felldown, one dead, the other badly wounded. Theircompanions clamored for revenge, and Bill changedhis base. He afterward begame marshal of thetown of Abilene, where he signalized himself by car-rying a refractory councilman on his shoulders to. ra rrI soo S SBOHOO»
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