Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-13

., 3 Cody buffalo Bid is, as
ru,e, rather economical in
~, n giving interviews to the
Fsrsss, but while in Boston with
n y, educational exhibition the
n ~ no was induced to say a
=. about himself and the de-
=, ~ the great West which
!, interest to readers gener-
[,s,kiug of his early life he SAID:
= we're a heap Of occupations
I 70 those days, and | guess |
,sm all; driving loose cattle
hill train, carrying dispatch
f.,sghting outfits, following and
WITH trappers for furs Oh diner
Sans. That's how | learned TO
[As Ipdian-by going with trad
|, ! trade with EN- for furs. When
,long in my teens was per-
|~tmiIiar with all the country
M Canadian riyer in the south
Yellowstone Of the north, and
\, between the Rocky noun
nj the Missouri river. | became
yblv acquainted with the In
NAV their favorite haunts, their
i and their bad lands"
Al was the real cause OF the first
uprising?"
L,s the effect of the bad exam
them by the white men. Dur
war OF the rebellion the In
card that the white men were
each other off. They kept
\ about 1t for two years, until
tribes were talking about the
extinction Of the white man,
Ia wonderful guns and ammu-
AT last they held a grand
: which led to a general up
Z They obtained modern guns
med themselves like the white
nd II was their impression that
build sweep across the continent
through to the great river the
/, and recapture their country
be whites"
nd material for western romance
ue at this time with a vengeance,
81 lowed the dramatic flavor that
Ire had gained from the sor-
: the civil war. The United
!. government is not a romantic
u Fation, however, and as soon as
|, vas declared in Washington be-
the North and the South, the
forces OF the regular army were
out to the frontier, command
furn by such men as Sherman,
., Hancock, Custer, Carr, Miles,
Augur, Ord, Hazen, Emery,
~ Forsythe, King, Reynolds,
IA ~Penrose, Palmer, Gibbon, Can
0 fnry, Whistler, Crosby. Greedy,
a Mills, Hayes, Schwitzer and
u others. Most of these officers
FOtally unfamiliar with the
:. and then came into existence
n . Of whom Bill" Cody is an
Fpresentative-the scout.
see' when these army fellows
l our way" continued Col.
!ne question was, Who could
y, uo act as guides and scouts?
paers were inefficient; they
n Fl much about the hiding
a Inc Indians, so they began to
oald Tor fellows like me, who
raised out there. When
afnnan came West in '65 and
II uAAe his great treaty with the
anO the Comanche Indians, I
employed as a scout and dis
4fier. Well, he soon found
anew the country better than
IN his command, and he
Ills guide. l felt considerable
~ responsibility, too, for I
soung to have an old army
Ike Sherman leaning on
n e paused.
!Oung?" I asked,
EN- he said, emphaticaIly,
NJ years-that is, in '6S-when
~ command Of the field,
Ms chief OF scouts and guide
y ai'ed States army" .
uas was a trader" I asked,
!, The Indian is the nat
a rsn anu nell keep a white man
slsn all his clothes on, and
,. aaner to beat him."
h. ue Knew his gamer"
as the indian could
scout had to have eyes,
Ian working overtime when
\ Ann the trail, I can tell you"
hies?" N"'hs Oh the In
I nothing" said "RiuY nom
= |on,. That's no sawdust
81. 'nefe; it's all grass. You
-. hoof print. I've fol-
horse file by watching
aud noticing how it was
b tSs uia tell the way the grass
! SLOW indians were travelling
dam horses packed heavy or
Ebs oy indians or running
an.a MANNER in which a moe
IN us tread on the prairie
ue What tribe our enemy
|etSs, and by their camp en-
Y or was a party on the
peaceful Indians. Nothing
mall man so sore as to have
eout J dry camp at night, SO
Intrv to be conversant with
y AnH