The Washington weekly post., 1899-07-11
BUFFALO BILLS FIRST FIGHT.
As Related by His Sister in The Last OF
the Great scouts"

From The New YORK fTesa
With 4 Living hand and q heart flied with admi-
ration for her famous brother. Helen Cody wetmore
writes the story Of the Last OF the Great Scouts.
Buffalo Bill The life OF William f. Cody has been
so full Of adventure that the simplest narrative OF
his exploits in the West-that wild West Ehioa 3
no mOre-reads like a romance. No writer Ct The
Old-time hsir-rssing 'dime novel; ever eoncelVsi
in his widest fancy more startling 'lEiun sd-
ventures than Cody actually passed through. codys
father vas strong Abolitionist in Kansas in taose
DAYS before the civil war when feeling ran ngh
and violence Of frequent occurrence. He died
from the effects of a knife wound received because
he defeaded the Free Soil cause, leaving his family
in somewhat straIteRed circumstances When
''Wilr' Cody, the son. vas eleven years old he s9t
Job as boy extra with overland freighters
bull train and how DC fought hts hrst Indian
right and killed his first iadsn Is thus told by bis
sister:
''Will did not share the anxiety Of his o0mpsh-
ions To him a brush with Indians would prove
that boyhOod dreams sometimes come true, and, In
Imagination. re anticipated the sl0ry Ol Srst GI-
counter With the noble red man. eiter the fashion
Of the heroes in the hair-lfting Western tales hs
had read. He was to leara, as msay another
has learned that the Indian Of real life is yasty
different from the Indian Of GctiJa. lie refuses T.
bite the dust at sight OF a palefsce, and dozen
OF them have been known 10 hold their against
as many white
Some tsehIy miles west Ct Fort KesrRy halt
was made for dinner at the bank OF creek hat
emRtsd into the Platte River. No signs Of Indians
had been come upon and there 40 thought os
special danger But. was tue custom, three meH
we're on guard. Many OF the trainmen we're asleep
under the wagons while waiting dinner. sBd Will
was watching the maneuyers Of he cook in Ris
mess. Suddenly OF shots rang out from the
direction OF q neighbefing thiekst suceesded ~ a
chorus Of bloOd-chillag yeIis. VIII saw the thfse
lgaaIya drau in E@ir and
Indians divide one wing stampediag the cattle and
the other charging down upon the camp The train
msE were cid frontieEsnen, and, though taken By
surprise they lined up quickly IN battle array be
hind the wagons with the b0sses-Elll and Ffank
McCsrtky-at their head and the boy extra under
the wing Of the gagoEHast-F, Nell-p!%ced Fol!sF
Of rife balls checked the Indans aad they sassleh
and Icds sG4y after sending in a scattering cloud
Of arrows which wounded several Of the tTainEsH.
Tie decision Of a hasiy couneIl q sar vas that
defensive stand would DO useless, a. the Indians
Gutnumbsred the whites ten 70 one aud re-eR.orce-
meHts were constantly coming up until H A9eHed
70 Will Il the prairie we're alive with th.m- The
only hope of safety lay In tho shelter u high
creek $ bank So made Tor Il. the lRdiaE-
charged again with the usual Internal accGD24ni-
meat Of Nhoops and yelis and nylns arrows. But
tie tFsinmeL bad reached the cEcsk. and from be.
hind its natural tTssstWcfks m4lEtsl.sd rife ara
that drove the fee back out o. range To fellow re
much Of = chance for tsespe. but it wss the oE!y
avenue which lay open. %. sta parting yoiisy
10 deceive the bsz!egerS into thisking th1t lie fGft
was sll hvle, the 1erilCus and dlhcGt Journey vas
/ ssgun ne Indians quickly Psseirstea ne rus.
ana another eh&Tse dad 10 be FsP4l}e1 Esslass th5
! tiresome work oi ~aslas tbefe Nefe "Cuhied Ilf1
u be helped. and a c'escles N4lch ~ Dc krgl
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b4t BE- saeOgrsSec % cc0lhsss sHa endurance ~
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