61 Quotes by Buffalo Bill

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.

He herded cattle and worked as a driver on a wagon train, crossing the Great Plains several times,

In 1906 the Czechs were already applauding the famous circus of the Wild West hero William Frederick Cody, better known as

The Indians had now become so bad and had stolen so much stock that it was decided to stop the pony express for at least six weeks.

The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days – an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time.

You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one’s friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.

Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider’s route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles – a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.