The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-01-10
COL: WIN. T. CODY
DIED TODAY
Buffalo Bill" Noted Hunter, Soldier,
Scout and Snowman Passes to
Great Beyond.
(By Associated Press)

NPI AAh'NNiNSNN D. NH'f
Denver, Jan. 10-Col. William F.
Cody buffalo Bid died here today.
He had been in a comatose state since
this morning
Col William +. Cody, Buffalo Bill
hunter, soldier, scout and Snowman
was for many years known to nearly
every man, woman, boy and girl in
America through his wild west show
with which he toured this country and
Europe. He was a picturesque type
Of the pioneer frontiersman and lived
to see large cities built where he once
hunted the buffalo and fought Indians.
Col. William r. Cody was born in
Scott County, Ia, February 20, l846.
His ancestral stock was Spanish, Eng
lish and Irish. His parents moved
west and took up claim near Lea
ensworth, Kan, then frontier Indian
Ipost, when Cody was five years old
AT ten years Of age he found himself
the head Of the family, owing to the
death Of his father, who was killed in
an encounter, growing out Of dis
pute over the negro slave question
Young Cody's first employment was
a courier between the freight wagon
trains operated between the Missouri
river and the Rocky Mountains. lr
turn he became wagon master, trap
per, hunter, pony express rider anc
stage coach driver, all giving var.
led experience in a school, the gradua-
tion from which deft the scholar ar
adept in every possible line Of frontier
activity.
In exciting experience in the Unior
army as a soldier and subsequently a;
a conhdant and scout of his comman
ders in the desultory and guerilla war
fare Of the southwest, left him at it'
finish we'll known as an all-arount
T, frontiersman, competent to advice, X
guide and to lead. These qualities
soon brought him to the attention 0.
SUCH distinguished commanders al
! Gen. w. II Sherman, Lieut. Gen. Phi
Sheridan and Generals Crook, Custer
| Merritt, Carr, Royal, Miles, Dodge ant
Others and secured his appointment al
| chief Of scouts in the United State
army during its numerous Indian cam
paigns in the west.
4 His career in this line identified hin
! with the great fighting epoch betweel
the red man and the white man wage,
1 by Gen. Sheridan after the Civil Wa
that temporarily ended in 1875, bu
was effectively finished in the Ghos
Dance war in the decisive battle o
Wounded Knee IN lS9O-9l campaig
with the Northern Sioux.
During the construction Of the Unio
Pacific railroad young Cody attache
himself to q camp Of United State
troops protecting the laborers aud wo
his sobriquet Of Buffalo Bilr' by tak
ing contract to supply the entir
force with fresh buffalo meat for
certain period, killing nnder one cor
tract 4,2S0 bufFaloes. On one occai
sion he killed the noted Cheyenne Chic
Yellow Hand In the presence Of flndiar
and troops.
He became known to juvenile Americ
t in be stories Of western adyentur
: written by &. 2. G. Judson who wro'
: under the nom de plume Of Ned Bur
/, line.
I With the advance Of civilization
4 finding his occupation on the westei
] plains gone, heNwent on the stas
where be remained several years pla.
ing leading parts in dramas depictir
life on the frontier. Later In associ
tion with Nate Salisbury, he organize
: bis wild west show with which
toured this country for many years al
4 On one occasion visited the princip
J, cities Of Europe. where he was warm
2 received and entertained by royalty.
q He was elected to the Nebrasl
7 Legislature in 1872.
NJ Colonel Cody. in 1865, was married
9 Miss Louisa vEederiei.
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