Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-01-18
BUFFALO BILL
DIED TDENVER
Died as He had Lived Without Fear
Of Death-Was Born In Iowa

of Death-Was Born In Iowa
Colonel William F. Cody buffalo
Bid, the idol of the juvenile America
died at Denver the other day at the
home of his sister, at the age of 70.
kilograms of coincidence in large
numbers poured into the home of the
sister, where Colonel Cody had been
staying for the last few days. They
included messages from friends thru
out the country. One from President
Wilson, and others from General Mel
son A. Miles and General Hugh l..
Scott, Chief of STAFF, were among the
number
With Colonel Cody when he died
were his wife and daughter, who had
hurried from Cody, Wyo., the family
home, last week to be at his bedside,
and his sister, Mrs. Il. E. Decker, of
Denver.
Colonel Cody was baptized the night
before he died. The Catholic church
was chosen at the request of his wife.
Colonel Cody was unconscious
when the baptism took place, and no
attempt was made to rouse him, be-
cause, Mrs. Decker said, I'VE were
sure it was what he would have want
ed had he been awake. but we feared
he would not boone conscious enough
to realize what was being done before
he passed away"
Buffalo Bill, the idol of juvenile
America, fought death as he often had
opposed 1t on the plains in the days
when the West was young.
'"You can't kill the old scout" he
would tell his physician whenever his
condition would show improvement.
And when the doctor told him his
life was ebbing, the Colonel accepted
his fate like stole.
Let us have a game of high five,'
he said, after he had talked with his
family. And every one Joined, the
Colonel laughing and joking because
he was winning.
Colonel Cody returned from his
seasons show work last fall much ex-
hausted He went to his ranch at
Cody, Wyo., to rest and on his return
to Denver, about four weeks ago, con-
tracted severe cold.
This was followed by complications
so serious that the Coloners wife and
daughter were called to his bedside.
He soon showed improvement and
on January3. went to Glenwood
Springs, Colo, to recuperate. On
January he suffered nervous col
lapse and his physicians hurried him
back to Denver.
For years he had teen an inveterate
smoker. His physicians said tobacco
had affected his heart seriously.
William Frederick Cody, who was
known pretty well in every country in
| the universe as Buffalo Bill" was
born in Scott County, Iowa, in 1913
His father, Isaac Cody, was one of the
early pioneers of Kansas. having set
tied soon after the birth of his sor
in Salt Creek Valley. five miles wes
of where Leavenworth now stands.
Isaac Cody tooa r. active part IL
fighting for the freedom of Kansas
During a meeting "Bill" Cody's father
was shot and taken to his home sup
posedly in a dying condition. He re
covered. and some time later wa:
forced to flee from this abode. He
was found dead from exposure in
March 1857.
The boy. who afterward was known
as Colonel Cody, was left as his
mothers sole support, and in the
summer of 1857 Russell, Majors &
Waddell, who were sending a number
of wagon trains across the plains tc
Salt Lake, gave the boy a chance to
go as a driver to take the place of g
man who was i'll. The pay was sac
month. high because of the great
| risk entailed by the Job.