Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17
BISON BILLS BAND.
The Unique Cavalcade in Rock
Island.
DAY WITH A H1sroRY-xAKER

RoaEeoonth and - Half 8erooe-HnRvol-
COS and Instructive Fsatarss-fhs Ne
vslopasss Of shs Herss.
buffalo Bill" is in Rock Island to-
day. Not an imaginary Buffalo Bill,
but the genuine W. F. Cody of bison
fame. is at the head of the great ag-
gregation, which has staked of .
place for exhibition at the head of
Eourteeuth-and-a-half street. Rock
Island always feels particular pride
as we'll Is interest in Hon. w. F.
Cody. In the first place he halls
originally from this neck of the
woods. He is q Scott county pro-
duct, and '.neighbor of our'n," so
to speak.
Buffalo Bills show is not one of
circus variety. It is an exhibition of
real things. He has NO actors and
nothing artificial. Man for man and
horse for horse the advertisement is,
one from real life. It is living his
tory. past and present. The street
parade this morning was as pnique
rs it was instructive. Unlike the
perennial shows visiting us, this
street exhibition consists Of only de-
tachments from each division Of
people. unembelished with gliding
or tinsel. and in light marching
order. The herds Of wild buffalo,
the wild buckipg horses and savage
steers must be carefully corralled
and guarded in camp. Yet the sem
timent attached to this. the first,
march through our streets of such
widely different peoples and military
of various countries, is one that
marks the progress of mans brother
hood, and is the first exempliication
that in time. knowledge and acquaint-
ance will dispeI racial prejudices and
national hatred. and emphasize the
fact Of all mankind's kindredship.
The Exhibitions.
The exhibition given this after
noon and which will be repeated in
every essential particular tonight, is
one that possesses an inspiration for
every lover Of his country whether
he be student or not. Man is seen az
he appears, as he lives and as he
fights in every part of the globe.
The red royalty that roved the con-
tinent when Columbus landed repre-
sents the fast disappearing race
1.-THE last Of the Mohicans"-by the
side of his erstwhile foe, now friend,
the scout and frontiersman. United
States cavalry bear the star-spang-
led banner alongside the English
Irish Royal Lancers and the Cross Of
st. George. The French chasseur
is in amity with the German cuiras-
sier, with the tri-colored drapeau of
Ella Belle France" waving in har-
mony with the black eagle, of Ger
many. while the noted Cowboy band
adds patriotic impulse to each with
the strains of .sWacht am Rhine, {"
..Marseillaise, s.God Save the
Queen" "St. Patrick's Day" and
Yankee Doodle" With these are
the Russian Cossack from the eau
casus. the Gaucho of South America,
the Mexican Ruralie. the Texas
Ranger, the Asiatic Tartar, Spanish
Vaquero. the Bedouin Arab, and that
latest addition to historic horsemen,
the American cowboy. forms . col
lection that presages indeed the dawn
of universal friendship.
The horse, mans most faithful
servant, is teen in all the various
stages Of his development, it being
one of the aims of the exhibition to
show the marvellous instincts of this
beast Of burden and what can be
done with him.