Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-06-03
BUFFALO BILL
-, prs OWN STORY OF WILD HORSE
D BACK ADVENTURES.
Va, H,rsss, Brigham, Tall Bull, JOs
''-..' r,,,is-Thsr Speed and Staying
Qls!iass-A Buffalo Hunt
Nc TorE World.

,,,r,lIy recalls to my mind the
D ..,i.ti,s of the four great horses
- have ridden during the past TWEEN
,.,r, Of NY career, as a scout and a
'.'..,,.p and brings back freshly to
", .,o,v some exciting incidents in
- ,b,y and have figured.
800 was the first of these scouting
borses. bought him at Leayen-
r,n il 1857 for $3.50. 1 was on
- iii, home at the time, after scout
w. ',,,.sr Forts Ellsworth and, Fletcher,
armed and Zlrah in the service of
lament. He was little roam
,,5 q he came from Utah / named
p,;yssm. Brigham carried me out
IS cr,se places, bat it was in the
-. Of l-6S, when l had quit
,;,,spd was killing buffalo for the Kan
and Pacific Railroad, then being built
n the buHllo country, that gave
a. hardest ride. l had been hunting
- linz and solomon rivers, north Of
~ Int A. the buffalo were getting
~ IN there | concluded TO take 3 run over
~ smoky Hill River, twenty-five miles
-. ~, o,hsr .lGe. started on the morn
~ TnIy ). riding Brigham, of course.
y =, mass over ridge just before reach
u, "'r5-,riua,:O1, and "a has al ways been
- -.,,s.om ~ an Indian country, / erept
=, ,bs eiye and peeped over before
$50 TO nv surprise l saw war
- rgdIsas breaking camp and max
Z ,s,5y to march. | knew in a second
,Tbid urcrr' business elsewhere, and
o .,1g,,ulatiug myself that had not
J,.c,ygrrd, when suddenly the In
b.r,me much excited and ran for
4 30. b,,..s Looking to my right | saw
I .,-rsrr ridge a mounted Indian riding
'..,rI- a ygual to the Others that he
4 discovered IN enemy. / hSd not 3
aand 10 lesc.
an down the hill to where Brigham
.rir,ly raziug, and jumping on his
- strr,,d for the railroad at fast
-. knew lt was to be race for life,
~ the odd terribly against me. My
-. had already been ridden twenty
- miles aud tine Indian horses were
- Brigham was little bit lszy at first,
;, ab-, 5e once knew what was mp no
- no, spur was needed About three
80 If = mile from the ridge / struck
4 level plain. which stretched for miles
- tms. Looking back i saw the In
1 ans coming II | had not ridden poor
fT,bsm twenty-three miles that morning
/ .bonIt have laughed at them, bat
Il II was il was no laughing matter.
4 nrg,d Brigham on so as to
IN amt Of the range OF their bullets,
T. = h. w3s wounded | WAS gone. They
- m M however. When they had
80 tie gio toaDout a quarter Of mile
r. connected to ire occasional shots.
fos ocersi G,jglam's eyes. He began to
e,Iil. VIA! VS. up, aud the noble little
klIog Increased his speed, but il was no
- I, vas the first time he had ever
kiIsi 70 rpn away from any horse. Six
a. rI,tt Of the Indians continued to gain
H. ~ The others were strung out a. far
ID Ir,rli see. -Four Of the six were fully
.bslfs nile behind But the two, one Of
lbem mounted on big spotted horse with
4 white face, were within two hundred
klrds o. NO. aad their bullets were sput-
fering snd wh:stliag around us. | knew
thry must be stopped.
GOOD SHOT.
Checking Brigham suddenly and wheel
kng him around, | raised nv old gun, Luz
.rrrtia. 10 NY shoulder. Brigham seemed
to bold his breath while was taking aim.
d irrd. not at the Indian, but at that
Sa.;s faced horse, and down he went, with
|hg rider falling several iset in front Of him.
lTua other lGdlan, instead OF coming on,
wheeled aud went back to his fallen com
paoioa. Instantly started on my course
again. The Others still came Oh, and we
mad it nip and tCck FOR many a mile. They
did not know they were running into dan
ger. They had Just come up from the
South and knew nothing of the railroad
which had penetrated into their country.
Passing over q little swell IN the prairie,
sbOut thrse miles from the end Of the
track I came in iull view of the workmen.
The government kept one or two comPan-
les Of soldiers to gusTd the workmen, and
at this tine & company Of the Tenth Cav
~ VS. a't.nDad there.
The pickle :, seeing me coming chased
by tie Indians gave the alarm, and In 8
lev minutes tie mounted troops were gal
lOpIag tony r,scue. At the sight of the
men the surprised Indians wheeled and
gal!OIed blrk When the soldiers met
NE Jumped of dear old Brigham, jsrked
the saddle ell, put the blanket on him,
and ssked the officer in command to dis
mount one Of his men, give me his horse
and join Inc in pursuit of the fleeing In
dams. After tfem We went. The tables
now we're Turned 1t WAS my time to
chase. The Government horses being
flesh, We soon began to oyertake them,
and began picking eff those in the rear.
Tia leaders scattered, and We scattered
after them. When the chase was ended
twelve good indians had taken fight to
tie happy hunting-2rOunds.
| aiterward won the champion buffalo
hunt on Brigham. / killed sixty-nine
butAOs in IN one day, killing the last
tTentg-SiS while riding him without sad-
die or bride l rode him for some time
after this, hat the hard work was telling
Oh hlm, and az had no place to give him
res', aud one OF the officers who was go
ing 70 mis- idrm in Missouri wanted him,
and promised to give him u good home, l
let am take old, faithful B;igham where
Ne could have quiet and TEST. He lived to
god Old age. never saw him after
wards. bat heard Of him often and will
never forget him.
TALL BULL.
5ly next great horse was Tall Bull.
ms WAS the fastest horse for any distance
up to i've miles that ever owned. Brig
nam could beat him for twenty OF City. I
captured Bull at the hattie OF Summit
Springs fought between Gen. E a Cars
command OF the Fifth Cavalry and the Dog
Slider Indians. under the Leadership of
the Ch'ct Tall Ball, 10 June, 1869. The
INDIANS had been on raid and murder
ln2 expedition dOwu on the border
settlements Of Kansas, had killed
. great many unprotected set
Tiers and tIken some women prison
ers Oar command at the time WAS scout
ing on the Republican river. When we
struck their trail the Indians were making
lheir way north. They had two days the
start OF us, but Gen. Carr was bound to
oSertaSe them il possible. Each day, by
the fresh s'g1s, we knew that we were
gaming on them. In the camps on the
trail We found the tracks Of o white wo-
man shoes, and this urged Us to greater
speed. Night and day, just as fast as our
animals could stand il, we kept on. At