The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-13
REALISTIC WILD WEST
BUFFALO BILLS WORLD RENOwN-
ED SHOW SURPRISINGLY MAR
Vicious THIS YEAR
COSMOPOLITAN IN ITS MAKEUP
Conpres. of Rough Riders With
Their Daring Tricks-Sosne In
teresting Facts About
the Big Show.

Col William T. Cody, known 10 hi lii7
world as Buffalo Bill" his great Wliu
West show and famous Congress OF
Rough Riders, with all the glamor OF true
Western life which follows in the wake ol
this world renowned company, have maze
their arrival in Minneapolis and Will De-
gin the first performance this AFTERNOON.
The shows train, consisting Of some
fortv-fve cars, reached Minneapolis yes
terday morning at about $3.50, and within
very short time the large vacant area
at Twenty-ffth street and BlaisdeH ave-
nue. was literally thick with the large and
small tents, the aggregation OF perform
ers and all the accoutrements of this
mammoth concern.
The small tents, such as the Indian
huts, the horses stables and others, We're
soon erected, but the main canvas was
not hoisted until this morning. The show
had not been on the ground but a very
few minutes until people from various
parts of the city, hearing Of the arrival
of Buffalo Bits show, began to visit the
scene of the great realistic drama, and
all day went crowds of inquisitive sight
seers to witness the many strange things
to be seen.
One of the most distinct features of this
great aggregation Is that it Is pre-emi-
nently cosmopolitan. There are repre-
sentatives of about dozen nationalities,
all pure types of their respective coun-
tries. There is no sham about the Cody
show. Every character Is genuine, and
fidelity to facts constitutes one Of the
mainsprings of the great enterprise, the
greatest of its kind ever in existence.
On the grounds are to be found the
American volunteers, the Cubans and
FilipinoS, who are somewhat acquainted
with the soldiery of United States troops;
English and German soldiers, Mexican
cowboys, Arabian and CosSack horSemen,
than which the world has produced none
better or more skilled, and then there Is
to be found the original character of tho
show, the true American red men. There
are about forty-fiVe full-blooded Sioux In
dams of the tribes Brule and Ogallalla,
who hail from the Black Hills of South
Dakota. The aggregation is the most In
teresting and the most complete that Col
Cody has ever had, and the show Is COR
respondingly the best.
The title bearer of the show Is not alb
sent, and any one who will take the pains
to visit the grounds will find that the
buffalo Of this country is not quite ex-
tinct. There are at least seven of the
adult species left with one very healthy
looking calf.
The entire number of people who cont
pose this great caravan is about 800. This
includes everybody, from Col. Cody him
self down to the last hustler. There are
200 horses, and among this number are
some whose fame is not at all limited.
A visit through the tents and grounds
yesterday revealed some interesting facts
to a G l o b 9 reporter.
Among the equine celebrities was to
be found old Duke" the sorrrel charger
-bO had ba
through the din and noise of the deadly
conflict with the Indians at Pine Ridge.
Duke is now about eighteen years of age,
and is still well preserved horse. Near
Duke stood a buckskin Porto Rican pony
which Gen. Miles son, Sherman, rode at
Porto Rico There is the old gray horse,
Napoleon" which President Mckinley
rode in Washington for over four years
He has been the faithful servant Of Ser
geant MuXlow, who is at the head of the
rough riders in the show, but Napoleon
was later supers eded as the sergeant's
horse by old 'KnickeT booker the white
steed that carried Gen. Miles through the
battles at Porto Rico. There are eighteen
Of the bucking ponies, and the chief of
this company is old BLACK Diamond"
who, Mr.. Dexter w. Fellows, the genial
press representa- tive of the company says,
has bucked all over Europe and still has
considerable ginger in him for Americans.
There are some old Indians and some
who look as if they might have seen
rather exciting times in their native
heaths. Iron Tail" the principal chief
tain; Black Fox and Lone ISf: are among
the most prominent of the redskins. It
is the rule of Col. Cody to change the
Indians every few years, so that none
will become too greatly American;zed and
thus take away the glamor Of novelty
which they must possess.
non Of TIT
in the entire aggregation IS 'Lucca
Chkartihrily," a Cossack leader. He IS
never called by his last name. Lucca, as
he is commonly called, is entitled to the
honor of a prefix prince, as Re comes from
a noble ancestry and has the bluest blood
coursing through his veins. The home
of this unique parsonage is at Stambou.
near Boltomou, which Is three days jour-
ney from Odessa. He is distinctly loyal
to his native land. Lucca believes that
Russia can whip any nation on earth
and, referring to the present Chinese
troubles, stated that it would take just
about a hundred of the Mongolians to
We with a Russian, and then the China
man would come out second best
The Old stage coach, which has been
with the show for many years, and whose
time of existence dates back as far as
thirty years, Is that which was once the
only conveyance running from Fort Sill
to Deadwood, in South Dakota It bears
the marks of possibly many bitter con-
flicts with highwaymen who attempted its
hold-up ard doub le succeeded This Old
homely-looking stage coach has borne
some very distinguished individuals in its
time. The Prince and Princess Of Wales
have ridden in it with Col. Cody himself
as the driver, and many other crowned
heads have been sheltered beneath the
rough canopy Of this rude knight of the
Western plain. This coach will be drawn
by six mules in the show, and its hold-up
Is one Of the most dramatic events of the
entire performance.
Speaking of the wonderful POPULARITY of
the great show, Mr.. Fellows stated to a
G o b reporter that, strange as It NAV
at first seem. the people of the West.
where the scenes which are being enact
ed have their origin, never tire of wit
Messing the representations of frontier
lie. They are even more fond of the
performance than the people of the East
The reason for this Is apparent, and IL
given by Mr. Fellows
You see" he said, ''the people of tbe
west know what a good rough rider ia
Ihey know what a stage coach is. and
many Of them have vivid impressions If
what 'hold-up' is, and they are inter-
ested TO go and see the scenes SO fanniI-
lar to them enacted"
Inc culinary and dining departments
OF the snow are among the most elaborate
OF the entire concern. One vast tent is
used as the dining room for all the num-
Der the various classes occupying sep
arate parts Of the tent Cooking and
serving meals for this vast nlfnnhar &c ~,