New Britain herald., 1917-01-10
COL. WILLIAM CODY
 ENDS LONG CAREER Death of Indian Fighter and
 Hunter Occurs at Noon WAS IDOL OF CHILDREN
Col. William Cody Was Member of U. $. Army-Acted As a Scout and
 Was Member of Legislature-Wus Almost Fl Years of Age. .-..

Almost Fl Years of Age.
 Col. William Frederick Cody (Buf- falo Bifl,) soldier. hunter and scout, died at 12:05 D. m. here today at the home of his sister
 Nearly 71 Years Old. a-.
 Col. William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill' hunter. soldier. scout and snowman was for many years known to nearly every man. woman. boy and girl inA 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 buffalo and fought In- dians.
 Col. William r. Cody was born II Scott County Iowa. February PC, lS46. His ancestral stock was Span ish, English and Irish. His parents moved west and took up a claim near Leavensworth, Kansas. then a from tier Indian post, when Cody was five years old. At ten years of age he found himself the head of the fam- lily owing to the death of his father who was killed in an encounter grow ing out of a dispute over the negro slave question. Young Codys first employment was as a courier be- tween 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 possible line of frontier activ- ity.
 In exciting experience in the Union army as a soldier and subsequently as a confident and scout of his com manders in the desultory and gueril- la warfare of the southwest left him at it's finish well known as an all around fTontiersman, competent to advise, to guide and to lead. These qualities soon brought him to the at tention of such distinguished com manders as Gen. W. T. Sherman. Lieut.-Gen. Phil Sheridan and Gen. erals Crook, Custer, Merritt, Carr, Royal, Miles. Dodge and others and secured his appointment as chief of scouts in the United States army dur ing its numerous Indian campaigns in the West.
 Fought Indians.
 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 in the de- cisive battle Of Wounded Knee in 1S9O-91 campaign with the Northern Sioux.
 During the construction of the Union Pacific railroad Young Cody attached himself to 8 camp of United States troops protecting the laborers and won his sobriquet of Buffalo Bill' by taking a contract to supply the entire force with fresh Buffalo meat for certan period killing under one contract 4.2s0 buffaloes. On one occasion he killed the noted Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hand in the presence of Indians and troops.
 He became known to Juvenile America in the stories of western ad- venture written by B. A. c. Judson who wrote under the nom de plume of Ned Buntlin.
 With the advance of civilization finding his occupation on the western plains gone. he went on the stage where he remained several years playing leading parts in dramas de- picting life on the frontier Later in association with Nate Salisbury. he organized his wild west show with which he toured this country for many years and on one occasion visited the principal cities of Europe, where he was warmly received and hy royalty.
 He was elected to the Nebraska legislature in 1872.
 Colonel Cody, in 1866 was married to Miss Louisa Frederici.