Buffalo Bill Quotes

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
Buffalo Bill

Government, Broken, Known

But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
Buffalo Bill

Dad, Love, Father

Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.
Buffalo Bill

Snow, Fire, Days

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
Buffalo Bill

Good, Himself, Left

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
Buffalo Bill

Strong, Loneliness, Mind

Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
Buffalo Bill

Good, Men, Future

It was because of my great interest in the West, and my belief that its development would be assisted by the interest I could awaken in others, that I decided to bring the West to the East through the medium of the Wild West Show.
Buffalo Bill

Great, Through, Others

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.
Buffalo Bill

State, Stage, Debut

Washington newspaper men know everything.
Buffalo Bill

Men, Everything, Washington

After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
Buffalo Bill

After, Last, Felt

Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
Buffalo Bill

Two, Service, Excitement

General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
Buffalo Bill

Character, Personal, Student

Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.
Buffalo Bill

Road, Started, Indian

I began to think my time had come, as the saying is.
Buffalo Bill

Time, Saying, Began

I could never resist the call of the trail.
Buffalo Bill

Call, Resist, Trail

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
Buffalo Bill

Far, Felt, West

I found Spotted Tail's lodge. He invited me to enter.
Buffalo Bill

Found, Tail, Enter

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
Buffalo Bill

Risk, Among, Meeting

I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
Buffalo Bill

Best, Made, Horse

I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
Buffalo Bill

Life, Government, Giving

I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
Buffalo Bill

Life, Lead, Destined

Indians were frequently off their reservations.
Buffalo Bill

Off, Indians, Frequently

It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
Buffalo Bill

Effort, West, Depict

Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
Buffalo Bill

Number, Command, Advance

Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
Buffalo Bill

Power, Living, Complete

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: February 26, 1846

Died: January 10, 1917

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