Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-02-13
'E WILD BILL" !"


/ for Februarv-is one Of the most in
teresting sketches of a peculiar type
Of the W estern border men that we
I have ever read. It describes some of
/ the marvellous adventures of real
character named i" Wild Bill, whose
education as a frontier man and
rnountaineer admirably qualified him
to act, as he did through the war, as a
scout. The eyentGuI career Of this
remarkable man, both before and du-
ring the war, is admirably sketchcd by
! Col. Nichols. who became personally
acquainted with him in Missouri, and
got the story f1om his own lips.
We give one Of the most remarkable
Of g Wild Bills " adventures, premis-
ing that he was q man of Tremendous
physical strength, which had been de
veloped and trained by his mode Of
life, and that he was an unerring shot.
The substantial facts Of the affair were
told the writer by an officer Of the
regular army, who, an hour after it
occurred, saw Bill and his ten dead
! opponents. The story as told by Bill
himself, Is as follows:
1T was incl, when I guided a de-
tachmert Of cavalry who were comm
in from Camp Floyd We had nearly
reached the Kansas line. and were in
/ South Nebraska, when one afternoon
went out Of camp TO 60 to she cabin
. Of an old friend Of mine, Mrs. Walt
man. took only one Of my revolv-
crs with me, for, although the war had
broke out, [ didn't think it necessary
to carry both my pistols, and in all
or'nary scrimmages, one Is better than
dozen, cf Won shoot straight. | saw
! some wild turkeys on the read as Twas
going down, and popped one Of en-
/ over thinking he'd be just the thing
for supper.
= Wen, [ rode UP to Mrs. Walt
mans, jumped off my horse, and went
into the cabin. which is like most ot
the cabins on the prayrc, with only
one room. and that had two doors, one
. opcaed in front and t'other on a yard,
like.
How are YOU. Mrs. Waltman? |
! said. feeling as jolly as You please,
The minute she saw me she turned
/ as white as q sheet. and screamed ~
Is that vou, Bill? Oh, my God
they Will kin you! Run. run! They
will kin You!
CIV hos a-co.n' to kill me 2 said
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