Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11

all who knew his real condition by
great powers Of resistance and recu-
peration.
On January s. however. his system
broke down entirely, and from then
on II was Il question merely of time
RETURNS MUCH EXHAUSTED
FROM SEASONS SHOW WORK
Colonel Cody returned from his sea-
sons SHOW work last fall much cx-
hausied. He went 10 his ranch at
Cody. Wyo.. 10 rest. and on his return
TO Denver. about four weeks ago. con-
tractcd severe cold This was fol-
lowed by complications so serious that
the coloners wife and daughter were
called 10 his bedside
Colonel Cody soon showed improve
mont, and on January went to Glen
wood Springs. Col. to rccuperate. on
January > he suffered a nervous coll
lapse, and his physicians hurried him
back to Denver. For years he had
been an inveterate smoker. His physi-
clans said tobacco had affected his
heart seriously.
The body Of the famous plninsman
will lie in state in the Capitol Build
ing here from \. NJ. until noon next
sunday. and funeral services Will be
held Sunday afternoon. The body will
be placed in receiving vault in n
local cemetery until spring. when it
Will be transferred TO tomb hewn in
the solid rock on top oI Lookout
Mountain. near this city
Leaders OF both houses OF the Lcgis-
lature have agreed to the passage Of
Il resolution tomorrow permitting the
body of Colonel Cody To lie in the Cap
itol. where guard of honor will be
on duty. Federal troops will later
escort the body TO the Elks' Home
where the funeral services Will be in
charge of the local lodge Of that order
the Grand Army OF the Republic. tho
Pioneer Society OF Colorado and the
COWBOY Rangers OF Denver The Ma
sons viii have charge Of the intermcnt
of the body in tho mountain tomb
Many kilograms OF coincidence were
received by members OF the scouts
family to-day. messages from Pres
iden' Wilson. MajorGrncral Miles and
Major General Scott being among thom.
PICTl RESQIF: TYPE OF
PIONEER F'RONTIERSMAN
Colonel William T.. Cody was for
many years known TO nearly every
through his Wild West show with
which he toured this country and
Europe. He was u picturesque type If
the pioneer fronticrsman. and lived TO
soc larE" cities built where he once
hunted tho buffalo and fought Indians.
Colonel Cody was born in Scott Goun-
~. Iowa. February 20. 1876 His an
ccstral stock was Spanish. English and
irish. His parents moved west and
took UP claim near Lcavrnwurth.
kans.. then frontier Indian post.
when Cody was five years old. At ten
years Of age he found himself the head
OF tho family, owing to the death OF
his father. who was killed in an on
counter growing out of Il dispute over
the negro slave question. Young
Codys first employment vas as a
courier between the freight wagon
trains operated between the Missouri
River and the Rocky Mountains In
turn he became wagon master. trappcr.
hunter. pony express rider and stage
coach driver, all giving varied eN-
pericncc in school. tho graduation
from which loft the scholar an adept
i'll every possible line of frontier ac-
tivity
An exciting experience in tho Union
army as n soldier and subsequently, as
Il confident and scout of his COM
In the desultory and guerrilla |
warfare OF the Southwest left him at
its finish well known as an all-around
competent to advise. to
guide and to lead. These qualities soon
brought him to tho attention OF such |
commanders as General
w. 7. sherman. Lieutenant General !
Phil Sheridan and Generals Crook !
Custer. Merritt. Carr. Royal, Miles, |
Dodge and others. and secured his ap-
Dointment as chief of scouts in the |
United States Army during its numcr-
GUS Indian campaigns in tho West
His career in this line identified him |
with the great fighting epoch between
the red man and the white man waged
by General Sheridan after the Civil |
War that temporarily ended in 1876, |
but was effectively finished in the |
Ghost Dance War i'm the decisive battle |
OF Wounded Knee In 1S9O-9l campaign |
with the Northern Sioux
During the construction of the Union
Pacific Railroad. young Cody attached
himself to camp of United States
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