, 1926-03-03
Many Gather to Celebrate
Col. Cody's Birth Anniversary
HON. ED FARLoW AND GEO. T. BECK RECALL EVENTS OF
IN THE LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL IN THE DAYS
OF THE Old WEST

on approaching the Meeteese rim they
came upon a herd of antelope. Col.
Cody leaped from the wagon and be-
gan firing at them as they ran across
the trail a short distance ahead. At
ter emptying his rifle he found that
he had not hit any of the animals, and
turning to Mr.. Beck, he said, damn
you, Beck, if you ever tell this III
kill you"
Mr.. Beck related other interesting
episodes of Buffalo Bills life and
concluded by saying that the quota
ton from Shakespeare, "The evil men
do live after them and the good is
often inferred to their bones" might
be reversed in reference to Col. Cody
to read, "The good that men do live
after them and the evil is often to
their bones"
Hon. Ed Farlow, mayor of Lander,
and who knew Col. Cody in the early
days, was the principle speaker of the
evening, and made an exceptionally
fine talk. He has spent more than
forty years of his life with the Indians
and probably knows the red mar bet
ter than any other person in the coun-
try. He is the man who took fifty
Arapahoe Indians from the Shoshone
Indian reservation near Lander to
Europe with the big moving picture
production, "The Covered Wagon"
a few years ago, and spent several
months with them in England and
other European countries.
He told how Col. Cody came into
the title of Buffalo Bill, while on a
buffalo hunt with the Grand Duke
Alexis of England in North Dakota
back in 1868. Cody acted as scout
and guide for the party and after
killing more than twice as many buff
falo than any other member of the
party was given the title, Buffalo
Bill"
Mr.. Farlow told an interesting
story of an Indian Buffalo hunt which
he witnessed and which took place in
the year 1882 in the Black hills of the
Dakotas. Three thousand Sioux In
dians took part in the hunt, which was
led by Smiling Fox, a Sioux chief.
Two thousand buffalo we're killed on
the first day of the hunt and the
second day was given over to the
gathering in Of the neat. The hunt
was resumed on the third day and an
other thousand of the animals were
killed, making an average of one for
each man. 1t was estimated that
were 10000 buffalo in the herd. Of
this vast amount of meat none was
wasted, it being Immediately cut in
strips, dipped in brine and dried in
the sun. Smiling Fox, Running An
telope and many other Indians who
participated in this hunt, took part
in the Custer Massacre.
Mayor Farlow, having lived for so
many years among the Indians, spoke
intelligently of their customs. He is
thoroughly familiar with their sign
language which is used universally
among the many different tribes of
America, and demonstrated many of
these signs in illustrating his talk.
The American Indian, MI. Farlowe
said, is not savage at heart, but was
driven to savagry by the white man
who drove him from his hunting
grounds to make room for civilization.
They were only fighting for their
rights, and were beaten. They are a
conquered race-broken in pride, bro
ken in spirit and broken-hearted.
The banquet was arranged under
the direction of j. NJ. Schwoob, chair
of the entertainment committee
of the Cody club, with the assistance
of c. j. Lowe and Margaret Hayden.
1t was an enjoyable and interesting
affair throughout and the well cooked
dinner and excellent service given by
the Encouragement Of the Irma din
ing room was much appreciated.