Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-24

Ihere they come! AS we strained
our ears for the report of the first gun
the horseman advanced toward the
skirmshers, making signs of friend
ship. 1t proved to be Bill Cody, the
: scout, better known as Buffalo Bill
dressed in the magniticence Of the
border costume. He annouced that we
were In front of Gen. Crooks COM
mand, and said we might put off all
bloody thought for that day. Such a
reception probably no man ever re-
ceived, as warm in its greeting as
would have been the warmth of the
reception of the hostile Sioux
Buffalo Bill" remained with Terry
for short time and then joined Gen.
Miles on the Yellowstone, for whom
he made an important scout, for
which, ten years afterward, the war
department awarded him $1,000, as it
was one rare risk and fruitful of i'm
portant intelligence relative to the
location of the main body of the In
dams.
In later years, 1891, Buffalo Bill
passed through Bismarck enroute to
Sitting Bulls ghost dance camp"
but misguided philanthropists had
President Harrison countermand the
| order. The eventual results were the
death of Sitting Bull and the Ghost
Dance War which Cody's mission was
intended to prevent.
Cody with Nebraska National Guard
Cody returned to Nebraska and as
brigadier general of the Nebraska
National Guard. took the field under
Gen. Colby and assisted materially
through moral influence with his In
dian friends, after the battle of
Wounded Knee and the Mission, in
bringing about assured permanent
peace. Buffalo Bills motto, True to
| Friend and Foe" was eXemplifed in
| the fact that he always befriended
, the men he fought-a trait of the most
; successful Indian fighting army Off
| GERS.
We present today, besides two of
the many generals under whom Cody
has fought and of whom he was
favorite scout, a selection of photo
graphs of Indian chiefs who, like them,
have all passed over the Great Divide,
and with whom Buffalo Bill clasped
the hand of friendship and smoked
the pipe of peace.
Photos Made by Barry
Nearly all of them have at times
been attached to his exhibition or as
guests with him on his travels. These
photos are from a valued collection
of an old Bismarck U. S. Army Pho
tographer Barry. Col. Cody has a
collection of pictures of many chief
tains, Red Cloud, Joseph, American
Horse and others, with nearly all of
whom he has been photographed.
Chief Joseph and he rode side by
side in the grandest assemblage of
army officers of frontier experience
ever brought together, on the occa.
sion of the dedication of the General
Grant Memorial Monument in New
York.
Sitting Bulls Tour helped immigration
His exhibition, by it's extensive ira
wells, has greatly assisted the govern
ment in handling the Indian problem.
Sitting Bull accompanied him on an
extended tour of seven months. 1t
was recognized by the government au-
thorities that good results mutually
would be achieved through the travel
of the Indians At that time a great i
incentive to immigration westward
was aroused by the fact of these cele-
brated warriors being off the war
path and travelling in friendly COM
partnership with their formerly most
inplacable foe, Buffalo Bill. In those
days their presence in the east caused
thousands of would-be settlers who
had been deferred from going west
ward to be convinced that the former
uncertain and dangerous conditions
had been ended, or at least confined
to limited sections, over which the
alert and argus eyed army men were
guardians efficient and capable to nip
in the bud any of the old time dan
gers. It took two years for the old
chief to eventually consent to go,
Maj. Burke being assigned to the task