, 1876-08-25
"reminiscences Of the Life Of {
Noted Frontiersman.
A Man Who Never "Drew'
Except 10 Kill.
His Heroic Dcfonse OF a Boy
Who Had "Klllcu Ills
Man."
How He Was Frightened by q
Pretty Ohio Girl.
70 tln Eanor n Tia Tribune.

tft1r "Ihr Dcal Fruntfcrsuur,> n abort review
of the life md characteristics Of r. james u.
lllckock.-t,ettcr known tf,rouebout The coun.
trY a. "Wild Bill" While II is IN the main |
correct "a to certain incidents that have entered
Into his toter years. he ia. I think, deserving Ut
mare credit than tht attJrle 9,,ra him.
a. an aom'Fe. oI e'car st1s, a7.a 'ns many
manly quaIlleatlons Ae Undoubtedly possesseus
/ wish 10 say wor.l In bis favor. and asl1 q
few Of my own personal rccojleet,ons Of
the INN. The news Of lus death, although
W.. " mm,.aa...a aaS ' ,xn, ~, ' n,,,, .nr~er
not "ne4peeteu' VIII ''' VII" sos,o"
the hearts of Its frrnds and lrolnpanionsi IN haf'-
sas,-for many of them have learned from long
res.o5t, Kim, y, nm NM ~ % I'm hat rrsnnr, 81 tho
n''' 80 Wv ~ ..s os'e Wv
oest eiasa u our western ifoht'etsh1qn'
Every scoNt upon the plains seems to lore l'y
general consent tho naao he brought to thu
sohrIonet .,cres,c, hv so,ne ~ n,,t nr toeat,,v
eootue. susses1eu ps so',1t s1po, n. ~. 'ug'ss
~ WHICH ~ ''as hEu1eo. Af''ee1 t"'y' tFa"-
ford, and fI!ckock havo gradually givcn why 10
~ nEpsA1o ELL, i Il rExA. tAcK.,, AID q WILD
o'@ >0o 'o' ...,s :,
hfLl."
The subject Of this skctch i'as probably bccn
written up rs much - any man of Nts class In
fta West Int I bayc hem sorry tn see TINT pu]v
tbr,e ,rri+ors tho+ + no,v rrnrtnl,rr hovc ~,
80, ~ '...,.t ."a. .,...' '.,r,. -.
easuea nun as a1'st''ng e'so 1oan la@lcss eiar-
.ucnt and reputation. This resulted, I think,
mn. trn,n dc.,rc IN he pn,,,st, Int from thn
,nc, ~ oa.nn, s,ow,o,ao ""} - h,,n s,n,l",t ~
rascn, x ~ h'rs u ~, H.. - m 'As'''
Gen. Custer, under whom he served during
surccesjyc Indian troub1rs as "Chlef Of Seotts,n
ona WIN from h,a r,t ,nara cxncr,nnre una n
a ..'Io. ~, ~. .,.r;.. - .,,.,, a1cr
aetsfs, has gi7en an admirable .ccount aud de-
srriptiop of him In the 0olaxy articles, AMY
Life OIL The Plains"
I,rlof Int tiattcrlnr mention Ia a1.o n,aae Of
hun y Mr' webb In ~builalo Lana'"a woEis
treating OF Western kansas and her chasnctcrs.
Perhaps come of your readers will remember
an article by Col, Georeu Ward Nichols. in tho
1s.,.",,.. ..rha - ~. t,u..s:,,. a.. ,.aT
'entsa!S "uset t., ~ ~ ..a' =. ~ ~. TOUT
entitled "Wilu l}iil'" Inc writer goes into
somewhat detailed account of aonc Of
utLL's ngMARxAnLE nnscosTAEs AND ESCAPES
T., r,nsn. ,rI ,ris,,,,rt h.rrro md ,7ur,,, ~.
~ y, Nanses anu slssous' oelose nn" o"lls lnc
OH lis bravery aud honor was particularly
struck with the ACCURACY of his rcn-pieturc OF
tha ,n,,, anil -, nm r,nneoI mi MI. ,ftor,+
.. .no 'a@, an1 ai'.a 10 o :. ,,ar n.
"a" a'"" ~ s.sc u ne'I' 'to ,"s".
!" As looked Ut htua thought Ills the hand
somcst physique l lad ever seem In It's cx-
0llfstb porp1rttOf1S II recalled the 1t;ttHue, It
,.aa :. ,,er,., W., ,ro,1 ,1oII,,. a. 1r,n,"1 m
"a1 usu1s .a'a "eu r.' a., ~, " 9 n't "a
compahloa sosans taa.ah.' nl!l STOOD 'ce1
aud MI Inch In iiis bright ycllo" moccastns. 4
tlecr+skin shirt, or froek it might bo c.sled,
m,pr iauntllv nver hls zhoulders. md rcrrntcfl
ans aa H,sa n pt aa ,u'ela r'ua1l
hass Tos0 ,nn%s n I H.. aros - sn,1
anle. lnese l11,ss naa nan RloSm.m mn ~ so.ae
t%sny fGats u. Io % ss m,r ~ n .s nn i'r
a1 ns III hn tsn nta Sn ""s ,avx ,wnivrs
Ht1 w. rera a,nsd eu araua1y ran, e nna.t
tasM 70 .ne tcet, Ms WIZ Gsor sss, ,s aa ,,n tuuS
r ~ ~ ,y " ',rrac ant "as tbat as'
which whit . !ayo cSea @ your sis;s!to ,s;a, met Il !.
wnefu ~" % ~o 10 rq1 en "Sh sn,.,1r s,".sI 's,r ~
was now ",feIss ny mrss s"''.nIcsu M.uct s3,.
neatn Vhlen tnese sno.iu out qntI!1 lla,!y
iac:, 80 ScnLic N H. a.. snIstS y ~ ~ ne stSsss
you ~ ~ s ~ 'i ~ h. ~ t,a tt n - H.. n.
til'n ana sefsltlSs, tnc JAW n9t 100 square, to
encck, ,nofiee snenty Heitsiilae'lt. Hltil ~ hIss
| q nne e%sH ,;n nas sa1ss T., "ssuw ..S
shotlierh, ING cyes. NOW I.ht yui arg ~
irlefI!liy intercourse arc ns gentle % Wotnnns.
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