The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1917-01-19
BUFFALO BILL" CODY
ANSWERS LAST DUTY CALL

state of Colorado will receive the body
of Colonel William f. Cody buffalo
Bill), who died last Sunday, into her
capitol, there to lie in state for four
hours.
Funeral services for the noted scout
were held Sunday afternoon, when the
body was placed in a receiving vault
in local cemetery, but the burial will
not take place until next spring, prob
ably Decoration Day, when the re-
mains of one of the nations most
picturesque characters will be inferred
in tomb hewn from rock at the top
of Lookout mountain, near Denver.
Plans already are afoot for the cree
ton of suitable monument at this
: final resting place.
Elk Funeral
The funeral services Sunday were
held in the Elks' home in charge of
the Denver lodge Of Elks. In ac-
cordance with the wish Of the dying
scout, however, all the societies to
which he belonged were to have a
part in his funeral, including Grand
army of the eRpublic, the Pioneer
Society of Colorado, and the Cowboy
Rangers of Denver, besides the Elks.
The Masons will have charge of the
interment Of the body in its tomb.
Federal troops escorted the remains
from the capitol to the Elks' home
for the services, and other troops
marched in the funeral cortege.
Colonel Cody's Masonic affiliations
included membership in the Royal
Arch Degree at North Platte, Neb.,
and in the Knight Templar Command
cry at the same place, and member
ship in the Shriners in Mecca temple,
New York.
Less than fortnight ago a Fort
of the Old Time Scouts, of which or
der there are but four forts in the
country, organized in Denver. 1t was
named for Colonel Cody and it is pos
sible that this order also participated
in the funeral Sunday. After these
services, and until placed in the tomb
on Lookout mountain, the body will
be in custody of the Knights Templar
in Denver.
kilograms of sympathy in large
numbers have been pouring in to the
home of the sister in Denver where
Colonel Cody has been staying for the
last few days. The messages from
friends of high and low degree all
over the country, one from President
Wilson, and others from Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles and General
Hugh L. Scout, chief of staff, were
among the number.
Saw West Grow
Colonel William F. Cody buffalo
Bill, hunter, soldier, scout and show
man, 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 coun-
try and Europe. He was pictures
que type of the pioneer frontiersman
and lived to see large cities built
where he once hunted the buffalo and
fought Indians.
olonel Cody was born in Scott
county, Iowa, February 26, 1916. His
ancestral stock was Spanish, English
and Irish. His parents moved west
and took up a claim near Leaven-
worth, Kansas, then frontier Indian
post, 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 dispute
over the negro slave question. Young
Cody's first employment was courier
between the freight wagon trains OPP
Grated between the Missouri river and
the Rocky mountains. In turn he be-
came wagon master, trapper, hunter,
pony express rider and stage coach
driver, all giving varied experience
in school, the graduation from which
left the scholar an adept in every pos
sible line Of frontier activity.
An exciting experience in the Union
army as a soldier and subsequently as
confidant and scout OF his COM
manders in the disultory and guerilla
warfare of the southwest let him at
its finish well known as an all around
frontiersman, competent to advise, to
guide and to lead. These qualities
soon brought him to the attention OF
such distinguished commanders as
Gen. W. T Sherman, Lieut.. Gen. Phil
Sheridan and General Crook, Custer,
Merritt, Carr, Royal, Miles, Dodge and
others and secured his appointment as
chief scout in the United States army.
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