Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-06-02
BUFFALO BILL
STURDY PIONEER
Old Time Scout, Cavalier and From
der Fighter About to Retire
From Active Life.
(st. Louis Post Dispatch3

The present generation will remem-
Der Buffalo Biz as a robust, striking
BY handsome, elderly cavalier, with
gray mustache, goatee, long white
hair and a grace of carriage differ
! Ing in bearing and poise from that
pf the everyday busy Ihrong so ia
niliar, and famed for daring deeds
accomplished in a time now long
past that to them savors Of a dream
{ the romancer. q man commanding
his personality their admiration,
ven though their minds are puzzled
comprehend or appreciate condi-
ons once existing necessitating the
earless defiance of perils accredited
i'm; but there are others with whit
med locks who from their earliest
avs have recollections of repeated
Ind almost continuous details that
rifted from what was then the bor-
er line OF the country, on whose
dyes the wave of progress was slow
battling for advancement in ex-
ending the domains necessary to the
hite mans growing wants and the
eeds accomplished by the gallant
en- engaged in 1t.
The older citizens remember this,
them, contempOraneous history;
e horrors attending a savage war
re that had existed almost since
white mans landing, partaking of
hideous character; a contest the
psf noted in history between races
supremacy over a continent a
al fight to the death.
Born ON the Frontier.
Besides sad details or massacre and
aster, that page OF the story was
en- Illuminated by inspiring victor
of moment and character suffi-
nt to render the deeds Of the dead
living heroes participating ia
US and familiar to the most re-
te eastern family circles.
Among the numbers who gained
rels to be enVied were names of
ntiersmen and scouts versed in all
intricate strategies and warpath
of the American Indian, none be-
more often carried eastward in
eial dispatches and in press re-
is than William F. Cody, now
wn to fame the world over as
lffalo Bill"
BORN on the frontier, schooled in
conditions, he rose to be the fav-
e guide of many army officers. He
htually became the confidant of
eral Philip Sheridan and achieV-
binder him the distinction of chief
couts of the United States army.
name became a household word.
Guided q Grand Duke.
hen he first crossed the continent
Iew York he came as the invited
st of some of the most noted club
nbers of the day, whom he guided
hunt when that sport necessitat-
army supervision and troops to
lmpany it, and was received by
late John Hexamer, who chaper-
him among the hills, canyons
valleys of the metropolis.
any pens described the young
tiersman, fresh from victorious
an campaign, having guided Gen.
and killed Chief Tall Bull at
NIT Springs, with the glamour of
ng handled and being the CEN
figure among red and white in
OF the largest and most famous
ditions in the history of the
e. the Grand Duke Alexis hunt in
ms. Philip Sheridan, George A.
Pr, Horace Porter, Sam" Tur-
Arson Mills, Jack" Hayes,
officers of the United States
Russian mobiles, all accorded
young scout Cody the honors
e chase. This expedition was a
Fnment tribute to the envoy of a
gn nation (Russia) that DUST
GUS to the civil war had given
lie evidence of friendship and
which We purchased Alaska.
Mark TwAin's EuIOgy.
IS event has been graphically re-
by Mark Twain, who, in the
days on the plains. saw and
Cody. Mr.. Clemens puts the
ption in the mouth OF Soldier
one of Colonel Cody's famous
teeds, in one OF his late serious
p entitled "A Horses Tale" He
the horse thus describe in a
. a bandits charger the person
Oi MS master and his duties:
m Buffalo Bifl's horse. I have
my life under his saddle-with
1t, too-and he is good for zoe
= with his clothes on. and there