The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-30
RICHMOND TO SEE
HIS FINAL PLUNGE
Buffalo Bill Ready to Say Fare
well-Real Farewell-on
Wednesday.
SHOW WILL BREAK UP HERE
Indians Going Back West in
Charge of Government
Agents.

Adelina Patti Is credited with hav-
Ing made fifty-seven different and dis
tinct farewell tours. Sarah the Di-
vine. they observe humorously. has
wept her good bys to the receLins
Statue OF Liberty SO repeatedly and
has smiled her bon jours to New York $
Sky line SO regularly that when last
July She leaned over the rail of The
olympic and wept into dainty cam.
brio handkerchief because she wou.d
never again look upon the stately
porters made merry over 1t and .on-
forted her with. That's ali right, little
girl; We'll meet you on Broadway next
year"
There will be no such instalmcnt
plan farewells for him, says Buffalo
Bill. 1t has been a long life and an
interesting one. His canvas has been
stretched in every State OF the Union
and in many of the principalities OF
Europe, but it's time to quit, and the
hnal plunge takes place in Richmond
next Wednesday.
To Pass Out Forever.
On that day the aggregation which
has made Buffalo Bill famous per
sonage on both sides Of the Atlantic.
which has delighted. amused and in
structed beSgar man and prince for a
third of century. which has kept
alive before the public q faithful pic
ture Of the West as 1t was and no
longer is. will enact it's final role and
pass from the arena forever Not an
"auf wiedersehn." but genuine
adieu.
There is. therefore, a distinct note
of human INTEREST that attaches 10
the two performances of the famous
Wild west show in Richmond next
Wednesday. With the rapid passing
away of the red man it probubly
means that never again will the people
OF this section of the country have
the opportunity of seeing a large
troop of Indians fresh from their wig.
vans in the Far West, where they
still practice the arts and dance tho
dances that wade them famous In
song and story. They are permitted
TO accompany the Buffalo Bill show
only by the consent of the government,
ana when taps are sounded after the
last performance Wednesday evening.
government official will take them in
charge and conduct them back to the
reservations provided for them on the
Western plains.
Many regrets Over 1t.
The passing OF Buffalo Bill will
cause pang OF regret to admirers of
the veteran in both hemispneres In
england, where he is as well known
as here. expressions of regre, arc
Widespread. One prominent English
man. commenting on it. has written
among other things:
And the conclusion is that Buffalo
Bill ought not to be allowed 10 pass
away; that somebody. instead of Civ
ing money for museums of bound
thoughts and labeled fossils and other
dead things, ought to endow Buffalo
Bill, incorporated. and preserve for
| ever on reservation of it's own this
living museum of q great epoch"
But while Buffalo Bill leaves the
saddle and sawdust for good mex,
Wednesday. lie is not ready to be pre-.
served" He can ride the bucking
broncho with the best of them yet, but
he chooses to quit while the quitting
Is good. lie still claims to have the
only real Wild West show In the
country. and will continue 10 have II
until midnight Wednesday, when the
| Indians viii beat ii back to the land
OF the coyotes. and the cowboys will
| track II back to the ranches, and Buff
falo Dlll himscl: will bow his final
| godspeed.