Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-10


T.. Cody, cRuffalo Bill) soldier. hunt
er, scout, and Snowman, the idol o
juvenile America, died here at 12.Oi
today at the home of his sister, Mrs
May Decker.
Colonel Cody fought death as NJ
often opposed it on the plains in the
days when the west was young. ~ OF
can't kill an old scout" he would tell
his physician whenever his condition
would show Improvement. When the
doctor told him his life was cbhin@
Colonel Cody accepted his fate like
stole.
Let us have a game of high five
he said after he had talked with his
family. and everyone joined the col
was winning.
Since Jan. ). when he was hurried
back to his sisters home in Denver
the colonel had surprised all who kne"
his real condition by his great powers
Of resistance and recuperation.
Was Native of Iowa.
Col. William Frederick Cody. wh'
was known to nearly every man. Wo-
man and child in America thru his Ions
connection with the Buffalo Bill WIG
West Show, was a picturesque type o
the poineer frontiersman, and lived tt
see large cities built where he once
hunted the buffalo and fought Indians
Colonel Cody was native of the
Hawkeye state. having been born on &
little farm in Scott county, near the
1,i oh
1S46.
His ancestral stock was Spanish
English and Irish. His parents movee
west and took UP a claim near Leaven'
worth, Kan. then a frontier lndiar
post, when young Cody was ) year:
old.
Starts for Self Early.
At 10 years of age Ccdy found him
self the head of the family, owing II
the death OF his fathe" who was kill
ed in an encounter growing out of
dispute over The negro slave dueSrTun
Young Cody's first employment was as
a courier between the freight wagor
trains operating between the Missouri
river and the Rocky mountains. In
turn he became wagon master. trapper
hunter pony express rider, aud stage
coach driver. all giving Il varied cX-
perience in a school, the Sraduat.ol
from which left the scholar an adept
in every possible line OF frontier act
witty.
Becomes Chief Government Scout.
In exciting experience in the union
army as soldier, and subsequently
as a confident and scout of his COM
manders in the desultory and guerilla
warfare of the southwest, left him a.
it's finish we'll known as an allaround
frontiersman, competent to advise. tt
guide and to lead. These qualities soon
brought him to the attention of sucn
distinguished commanders as Gen. w
T. Sherman, Lieut. Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan. and Generals Crook. Custer. Mer-
ritt, Carr, Royal, Miles, Dodge and
others, and secured his appoint ment
as chief of scouts in the United States
army during it's numerous Indian
campaigns in the west.
His career in this line identified him
with the great lighting epoch between
the red man and the white man waged
by General Sheridan after the civil
war, that temporarily ended in 1875
and was effectively finished in the
Ghost Dance war; in the decisive
battle of Wounded Knee, in 1S90-9l
campaign with the northern Sioux. On
one occasion he killed the noted Chey-
enne Chief Yellow Hand in the pres
ence of Indians and troops.
How He Became "Buffalo Bill"
During the construction of the
Union Pacific railroad Cody attached
himself to a camp Of United States
troops protecting the laborers, and won
his sobriquet of Buffalo Bill" by taxi
ing a contract to supply the entire
force with fresh buffalo meat for a
certain peroid, killing under one con-
tract 1880 buffaloes.
Made Famous by Ned 6untIine."
He became known to juvenile Amer
lea in the stories of western adven-
ture written by +. A. c. Judson. who
wrote under the nom de plume of Ned
Buntine.
With the advance Of civilization,
finding his occupation on the western
plains gone, Cody went on the stage,
where he remained severa! years play
ing leading parts in dramas depicting
life on the frontier. In 1888 In asso'
citation with Nate Salisbury, he organ
lied his wild west show with which
he toured this country for many years
and on one occasion visited the prin
cipal cities Of Europe, where he was
warmly received and entertained by
ROYALTY.
In the spring of 1909 Colonel Cody
Joined forces with Maj. Gordon w
Lille, CPawnee Bill,D and for several
years the combined shows were known
as the Buffalo Bill Wild West and
Pawnee Bills Far East.
Colonel Cody was elected to the state
legislature Of Nebras ska in 1872. and ir
April. 1915 was appointed by Governor
K nririci, Judge advocate genera! .;
the military forces Of Wyoming. Col
onel Cody's home for many years has
been at Cody, Wyo.
Colonel Cody was united in marriage
March 6, 1866, with Miss Louisa Fred
erici.