Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-03-16
BUFFALO BILLS
THRILLING LIFE
As al Indian Fighter He Has
Place In American History.
WAS LI0HIzED BY ROYALTY
As q Snowman Heading His Assresa.
zion Of Wild Wesserners He Took Ma.
:cn ~ S.err-Hileo Six Despsra.
Gees Single HanSe5-Hero Of Mil.
liens 81 Bays.

liens 81 Bays.
Tie news of the fatal Illness Of Colo
Ne, William L. Cody. known 10 millions
OF people as Buffalo Bill. came IS
grea. shock TO the nation. He has
been heroic figure 70 millions Of
youths Of the country. and be stands
OF, Is one Of the last Indian fighters
Of the pioneer days
Buffalo Bill's life story 10 the youth
o. this COUNTY, is one OF the finest IL
American history. MS career more
thrilling than that Of knight Of old and
tie despair Of every boy who has the
real spirit Of adventure. And what
boy has not:
As scout and Indian fighter Buffalo
Bits fame rests On firm foundation.
Our greatest generals have borne off,
cial testimony TO bis gallant services.
and ihroughou; the west his name is
honored wherever frontier memories
are cherished Novelists have taken LID.
critics. i, is true. with Buffalo Bill. and
al sorts Of -ouances. fierce and ten
der. hare been woven around him. but
the truth is stranger than tie fiction.
Through al tb= changes Of his CO.
ree,. whether Oh the plains surrounded
By soldiers, srouls. cowpunche-s and
Indians. Or as il later ?ears q cavalier
il bucEskins az the head Of his Wild
West aggregation. Buffalo Bill remain
81 unchanged
Killed FRS. InSian In Kansas
He was born il Iowa il 1916. His
boyhocd was spent in Sal, Creek val
.ey. IL Lea 7enwo-th county. Kan.
His father. Isaac Cody. was murdered
there tie frs man killed Oh Kansas
soil il the struggle against slavery in
taa. stare. and Le and Buffalo BIS
nO-Ler are buried OIL the summit ot
PHO. Knob high mount that over
loo.s the c.-y Of Leavel7 oy1L But4a.
n BIS frs .9D was as fre.cl-er OIL
The Old trail ac-uss kansas. lie killed
his first Indian il kansas He was E
pony express rider Oh the route across
Kansas. and his name OF buffalo Bl.
was gained KILN. buE&loes TO supply
meat for the builders # tie Kansas
Pacific railway. He was town mar
shal in HAYS. Kan When LIZ married
he took his bride 70 live il Kansas.
and bis first WORK as 4 government
s.cou- w2s done IL that STATE.
Kills SIX Outlaws In Fight.
IN one Of tie Intervals Of lis army
scouting bis Nebraska friends made
him Justice OF the peace il one Of
The lavles. sections q the state and
l.e-.e,. hin - reco-sr-pcr things He
did il
on one occasion Cody was attacked
in q cabin By six desperadoes whom he
lad warned l. leave t1e county. Sin
e!e handed lie fought and killed the en-.
tire party.
As Snowman be Is best known 10
the world. however.
\ shrewd acTQruanager recognized
The golden possibilities concealed in
Buffalo Bill and effected & partnership.
The result O. the move was seen in the
now famous Wild West show.
How England's ariSto-c-acy welcomed
Buffalo Bill Is matter OF history.
Tie camp Of the Wild West in London
was the meeting ground Of disti,l-
guishei people His social success
abroad was. in fact. one OF the most
remarkable experiences in his remark
able career. IL was jubilee year. when
London was crowded with royalties
and notables. They teted him and
courted him. invited him 10 their
homes, cheerfuLy accepted his hospi-
,alities in return and sent him home
unspoiled, the same modest, unassuH-
ing man that be was in his old scout
ing days. Yet the Prince of Wales
gave him royal friendship. princes Of
the royal blood rode disguised among
the Wild West cowboys as his guests.
while titled ladies Of the court sat In
the old Dead wood coach