Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-11
General Miles Expresses Sorrow


LINCOLN, Jan. l0.-General' Nelson
4. Miles. L. S. A, retired. here to at
tend a meeting of the Nebraska Terri
tcrial Pioneers Association. and the
State Historical Society. tonight ex-
pressed his sorrow over the death Of
Colonel Cody.
Colonel Cody was a gentleman, a
brave American and a great scout"
said General Miles. "He performed
great work in the west for the pioneers
and for the generations coming after
them, and his exploits will live forever
in history"
General Miles said it was while he
was conducting his campaign against
the Indians in the Yellowstone country
Of Montana that Buffalo Bir' served
as his chief Of scouts and that they
We're thrown much together in later
campaigns
Col William f. Cody. Buffalo
Bill hunter. soldier. scout and show
man. was Tor many years kno7~n TO
nearly every man. woman. boy and
girl in America through his wild west
SHOW with which he toured this couE-
try and Europe He was a picturesque
type Of the pioneer frontiersman and
lived 10 see ,arge cities built where
ne once hunted the buffliJ and fought
Indians.
Col. William F. Cody was born IN
Scott county. Iowa, February &c. 1876.
His ancestral stock was Spanish. Eng
lish and Irish His parents moved
west aud took up a claim near Leav-
ellsworth. Kansas. then frontier In.
dian post. when Cody was five years
Did. At ten years of age he founL
himself the head Of the family. owing
10 the death Of his father. who was
killed in an encounter growing out OF
dispute over the negro slave uues-
ton Young Cody's first employment:
was as a courier between the freight
wagon trains operated between the
Missouri river and the Rocky noun
tains. In turn he became wagon
master traDper hunter. pony express
rider and stage coach driver. all Civ
ing Varied experience in a school.
the graduation from which left the
scholar ar adept in every possible line
II frontier activity.
IN exciting experience in the Union
fIny as q soldier and subsequently
as 2 confident and scout of his com
mandera in the desutory and guerilla
'FlrSare Of tho southwest left him at
IS finish well known as an alI-around
fr1utiersman. competent to advise TO
eide and to lead. These qualities
! socn brought him TO the attention OF
such distinguished commanders as
Gen. W T Sherman. Lieutenant- Cen
eraI Phil Sheridan and Generals
Crook. Custer Merritt, Carr, Royal.
Niles Dodge and others, and secured
his appointment as chief of scouts in
the United States army during its
numerous Indian campaigns in the
west
His career in this line identified
Z hin with the great fighting epoch be-
4 tween the red man and the white man
waged ~ General Sheridan, after the
ivil war. that temporarily ended l..
( sci but WAS effectively finished in
I the Ghost Dance war in the decisive
battle Of Wounded Knee in 1890 81
campaign with the Northern Sioux.
( During the construction If the
/ TTnion Pacific railroad. young Cody
attached himself to a camp Of United
States troops protecting the laborers
/ and won his sobriGuet of Buffalo
I Bill" By taking q contract to supply
/ the entire force with fresh Buffalo
/ meat for a certain period. killing
urder one contract 1890 buffaIos On
/ one occasion he killed the noted Chey-
enne Chief Yellow Hand in the pres
ence Of Indians and troops
de became known to juvenile Amer
Z ia III lhf StoIlcS u western adventure
written by T.. Z. G. Judson, who
I wrote under the nom de plume OF
! Ned Buntlim.
/ With the advance of civilization,
finding his occupation on the western
! plains gone, ne went on the stage
/ where he remained several years play
ing leading parts in dramas depicting
life on the frontier. Later in assocla-
/ tion with Nate Salisbury. he organized
! his wild west show with which he
toured this country for many years
and on one occasion visited the prin-
cipal cities Of Europe, where he was
warmly received and entertained by
! royalty.
He was elected to the Nebraska
legislature in 1872
Colonel Cody. in 1866 was married
to Miss Louisa Frederici
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