Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-10-30
BCFFALO BILLS COYOTE CRY.
He Hears 1t I'm Theatre BOX and Reco<.
nizes an Old Friend

nizes an Old Friend.
Chicago Herald.
An incident occurred at the Grand Opera
house Friday which brought back to the
minds of the interested parties vivid
recollection Of times long gone by. In
box, surrounded by party of friends,
sat Buffalo Bill. Two days previous he
had left his wild west show in the east,
intending to spend week or two at his
home in North Platte, Neb, but had
broken his journey at Chicago to see his
partner, Nate Salisbury. The first act of
1.-THE Brook, had just concluded, when,
amid the applause, Buffalo Bill noticed
a peculiar sound, similar to the cry of a
young coyote. The sound attracted no
attention from any one else, but it
caused the ex- scout to cast q hurried
glance around the house, while his face
bore look of mingled hope and aston
ishment. As his eyes rested ON box
opposite him he saw person waving
his hand to him, and in an instant made
for the door.
IF I amt mistaken there's partner
of mine, whom I haven't seen for twen-
ty years. Nobody but he knows that
Cry," he remarked, as he hastily left the
box.
HALF an hour elapsed ere he returned.
II told you," said he, 'thst nobody
but Jim Geary and myself knew that
cry. Who is Geary? Why, the brav-
est man, sir, that ever lived. Back in
let's see-'65, '66 and 81, Jim and were
conveying dispatches between Fort Haf-
ker and Fort Larned, distance of 200
miles, and twas blood-red Indian coun-
try then. The Kiowas and the Conan
ches were on the war-path. We we're
expected to watch the country pretty
closely, and many a time we had all
Light rides for our lives. Getting along
toward the end of hostiliies, ono
night Jun and two others
and myself started out 10
scour the country. We were hardly
out Of sight Of camp before we were
tackled by band Of Kiowas. There
1lust have been about twenty of them,
and they had been hiding behind tAs
rocks. One of our companions fell at
their first volley, and we had barely
emptied our Winchesters when the other
extra man went down too, with bullet
in his head. Then followed the most
desperate fight on horseback it was ever
my luck to indulge in. Our horses
were of the best and we gave them
chance to show all there was in them
From in the afternoon until that
night we had no sign of rest. Kill
any? Well, I can't say just how many
we did kill, for We didn't cut notches in
our gunstocks in them days. Didn't
work for q record. The chances are
that if that running fight hadn't oc-
Cured there would be few more In
dams drawing rations from Uncle aHn.
You see that SCARF drawing back cuff
which was linked with buffalo head
composed entirely Of diamonds, ''thst's
the only scratch I got, while my old pard
Jim, over there, carries three tokens Of
the redskins desire to send him to the
happy hunting grounds"
The subject was naturally commented
on more or less during the balance Of
the evening but Geary's peculiar cry
was heard no more. The latter is now
resident of Kansas, where prosperous
grocery business and other speculations
have brought him fortune. Cody lie
is the happy possessor Of a cool million
Last night the pair occupied q box at
Hooley kindly placed at their disposal
by Manager Cleveland of the McNish,
johnson & Slavin minstrels, after which
a party Of twenty or more listened to q
number Of interesting stories in one Of
The parlors of the Leland. Buffalo Bill
leaves Immediately for North Platte, re-
turning to his show in two weeks.