Page 6 HOW 1 WON MY TITLE BUFFALO BILL FROM “TRUE TALES OF THE PLAINS COPYRIGHT. 1908,BY WILLIAM F.CODY rr ’ Gi NE of my favorite buffalo hunt. ing horses was a small roan or large Indian pony which I got from a Ute Indian. As this horse came from Utah, I named Mm Brigham, after the prophet. Dur- Ing the construction of the Kansas Pa- eific railroad, now the Union Pacific, in 2807 the construction of the end of the track got into the great buffalo coun- try, and at that time the Indlans—the Bloux, Cheyennes, Comanches and Arap- | ahoes—were all on the warpath. It was before the refrigerator car was in use, and the contractors had no fresh meat to feed thelr employees. The men were grumbling considerably for ———— sg ’ fresh meat, for they could see fresh meat—that is, the buffalo, deer and an- telope—in every direction, and they would growl because the contractors did not kill the buffaloes so that they could have fresh meat to eat. This was a little more difficult Job than they thought, as the Indians were con testing every mille of railroad that was being built into thelr country. Besides having military escorts to guard the! graders, every man from the boss down who went to work on the grad Ing of the road carried a rifle with Lim as well as a pick and shovel, and when he was using them his gun lay on the ground near him, as the Indlans would dally attack them. The construction of that road In 1867 was nearly a continuous fight, and it was dangerous for a man to venture any distance away from the troops and the graders to hunt buffalo. They tried l who claimed that they falo and bring it Into « they could have men. One or tw killed by Ind al J the others gave up tl t ths at Fort reputatl one to could get m the buffa came to Course made offer, without permission of the mill tary department commander, General Sheridan. The subject was even discussed at headquarters In Washington, and after considerable delay evidence was pre sented that it would solve one of the main labor problems in the great work of constructing the great transcont] hental raliroad greatly Leave purpose was give derstanding that tant outbreak | } ties of my position dians gener buffaloes, | severa could An] LE e” 4 Sh C \ NA : bh’ ) ~ p! Men wr A © anh ac ii “I would rush my horse int shoot them doun struction work to go out after nf and commanding had an understanding with officer who had cha of the troops guarding the constrn tion that should a gual be seen In the direction In which | had gone they would know | was In trou ble and would send mounted my assistance I had to keep a and careful lookout for Indians before making my run into a herd of buffaloes, It was my custom In those days to pick out a nerd that seemed to have the fattest cows and young heifers rush my horse Into them, picking out smoke sign men 1 clone the fattest ones and shooting them | down while my horse would be run ning alongside of them. 1 bad a happy faculty in knowing how to shoot down I would then | *Lucretia,” the leaders and get the herd to run In | I have killed from five to forty buffaloes while the herd was circling, and they would all be dropped very close together—that is to in a covering about five twenty say, acres, When I had the number I wanted 1 would stop shooting and allow the bal ance of the herd to get away. The wagon would drive up, and my men would Instantly begin to secure the hams, the tenderloins, the tongues and the cholcest meat of each buffalo, In cluding the beads, which were after ward mounted and used for an adver tisement for the sald road, loading the wagon until it was full We would then drive back to our camp or to the end of the track where the men were at work, and when the men would see me coming with a load of fresh meat they would say, “Ah, here comes Bill with a lot of nice buffalo!” For awhile they were delighted with the fresh, tender meat, but after a time they tired of it and, seeing me come, would say, “Here comes this old Bill with more buffalo,” and finally they connect ed the name buffalo and Bill together, and that Is where the foundation was laid the name of “Buffalo BlL" which afterward | defended as a title with before the Fort Wallace with success I killed buffaloes for space to Comstock officers at the raliroad com dur wouid the wheels of the wagon by throwing out the meat and would protect our Ives by getting behind buffalo manner we held off from make our breastwe und y the ms. In this red hunt tool lace about at as It bad leed declan The miles east of twenty Sheridan been pretty well advertised and ne abroad Interest] a large crowd witnessed the ng and exciting scene. An ex ) mostly from St Louls ired gentle on a spacial out a hu came out view the sport, and among the my wife, with little Baby had ce train to number was Arta me for The buffa it was agreed the herd run wl! me to remain wit} AW " es were quite plenty, and that uid go Into at and ns each we she time It possible A of the same the same we called na follow each “make a Ing was to one | AN many us on horseback when herd and count the buffaloes killed by each The St. Louls excursionists, as as other out to of the hunting grounds In horseback, keeping buffaloes refered we entered man well the vicinity wagons and on well out of sight of the as not to frighten them until the time came for dash Into the herd when they {0 come up As near an they pleased to witness the chase We were fortunate in the first run getting good ground Comstock was mounted on of his favorite horses. while | rode old Brigham ! felt confident that 1 had the advantage of Comstock in two things first, I had the buffalo horse that ever made a track; the wond what was ki that gun, a ealiber spectators, rode wo us to were in one best | was using tin breechloading Springfield rifle it was my favorite old which has already been introduced to the notice of the reader own fn e an the needle 0) «while Comstock was armed with a | Henry rifle, and, although he could fire a few shots quicker than | could, yet I was pretty certain that it did not carry powder and lead enough to do execution equal to my caliber 50, At last the time came to begin the match, Comstock and 1 dashed iuto a herd, followed by the The buffaloes separated, took the left bunch and 1 the right My great forte In Killing buff from horse was to get them clreling by riding my horse the head of the herd, shooting the leaders, thus crowd ing their followers to the left till they would finally clrele round and round On this morning the buffaloes Very nc and 1 them running In a beautiful cirele, when I dropped them thick and fast until I had killed thirty-eight, which finished my run, Comstock began shooting at the rear of the herd, which he was and they kept straight on. He suc- ceeded, however, in killing twenty- three, but they were scattered over a distance of three miles, while mine lay close together. 1 had nursed my buf- faloes as a bllllard player does the balls when he makes a big run, After the result of the first run been duly announced our St. Louis ex cursion friends—who had approached to the place where we had stopped referees Comstock aloes back nt wert ommodating, soon had chasing, had get away with It While taking a short rest we sud denly spied another herd of buffaioes coming toward us It was small drove, and we at pre pared to give the animals a lively re They proved to be a herd of by the way its that once oe pion £ my saddle and brid ns we rode to the windwar O08 AR uUstia ud whet of thew I soon } ground, ths had driven dow: dred yards herd the a few hu the » dashed Into rteen ald ut on e of which 1 the wagons, where the 1d] lon htened some of the » s¢¢ a buffalo it full 1 ward but when speed directiy t he had got with of one of the wagons 1 bh dead In trad This n sixty-ninth buffalo and finished third and last run, Con killed forty six As It ) Comstock and hb backers n ary id sh ade his kn tock hav was now ate Int} idea that hu wid beat me uport the ner of the match plon buffa ] referees declared me An well an the » hunter of the plains NEXT WEEK ON THE PLAINS “CAMPAIGNING The Seat on the Morse. 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