The Old Homestead in Iowa-Death of Samuel Cody-A Strange Prophecy and its Fulfilment-The Migration to Kansas-First Night in Camp, and Will's First Deer-The Rescue of Turk-An African Apparition-Temporary Stop in Missouri If I have been tempted into praise where simple narrative might, to the reader, seem all that was required if I have seemed to exaggerate in any of my history's details, I may say that I am not conscious of having set down more than "a plain, unvarnished tale." Embarrassed with riches of fact, I have had no thought of fiction.Ĭodyview, Duluth, Minnesota, February 26, 1899. Thus, a part of my pleasant task has been to enable the public to see my brother through his sister's eyes-eyes that have seen truly, if kindly. It is onlyįair to him that a glimpse be given of the parts he played behind the scenes: devotion to a widowed mother that pushed the boy so early upon a stage of ceaseless action, continued care and tenderness displayed in later years, and the generous thoughtfulness of manhood's prime. The public knows Colonel Cody as a boy Indian slayer, a champion buffalo hunter, a brave soldier, a daring scout, an intrepid frontiersman and a famous exhibitor. They have pictured in fancy a rough frontier character, without tenderness and true nobility. The sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" has conveyed to many people an impression of his personality that is far removed from the facts. Sheridan, Colonel Inman, Colonel Ingraham and my brother, for valuable assistance furnished by Sheridan's Memoirs, "The Santa Fé Trail," "The Great Salt Lake Trail," "Buffalo Bill's Autobiography," and "Stories From the Life of Buffalo Bill."Ī second reason that prompted the writing of Colonel Cody's life-story is purely personal. I desire to acknowledge obligation to General P. For many incidents of his later life I am indebted to his own and others' accounts. Naturally, there were incidents in Colonel Cody's life-more especially in the earlier years-that could be given only by those with whom he had grown up from childhood. For a number of years there has been an increasing demand for an authentic biography of "Buffalo Bill," and in response, many books of varying value have been submitted, yet no one of them has borne the hall-mark of veracious history. In presenting this volume to the public, the writer has a two-fold purpose. CODY ("BUFFALO BILL") AS TOLD BY HIS SISTER HELEN CODY WETMORE COPYRIGHT, 1899 IN THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE BY HELEN CODY WETMORE THE DULUTH PRESS PRINTING CO. THE AUTHOR CONSULTING HER BROTHER LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS THE LIFE STORY OF COL. Date: 1899 More metadata LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS
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