"Buffalo Bill" from Prairie to Palace: An Authentic History of the Wild West
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The author of this book has attempted to present to the reader the story and triumphs of the frontier lad of nine years, from the wild Western scenes of Kansas and Nebraska, from the prairies of the Platte to the parlors of the East and the palaces of Europe. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in Toronto Township, Ontario, Canada, before the family returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory. One of the most colorful f...
Chapters (294)
- “BUFFALO BILL” FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.
- NOTE.
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS.
- COMPILER’S PREFACE.
- “Buffalo Bill” FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- CHAPTER II. THE SCOUT.
- ACROSS THE CONTINENT WITH THE FIFTH CAVALRY.
- CHAPTER III. WHAT IS A COWBOY?
- CHAPTER IV. THE RIDERS OF THE WORLD.
- SHAKESPEARE ON THE HORSE.
- BUFFALO BILL’S EQUINE HEROES.
- CHAPTER V. INDIAN HOME LIFE.
- CHAPTER VI. EXPERT SHOOTING.
- CHAPTER VII. A MOST FAMOUS RIDE.
- CHAPTER VIII. LETTERS OF COMMENDATION FROM PROMINENT MILITARY MEN.
- STATE OF NEBRASKA.
- CHAPTER IX. BUFFALO BILL’S BOYHOOD.
- CHAPTER X. BILL KILLS HIS FIRST INDIAN.
- CHAPTER XI. THE BOY MINER.
- CHAPTER XII. STORY OF THE PONY EXPRESS.
- CHAPTER XIII. A RIDE FOR LIFE.
- CHAPTER XIV. HELD UP BY ROAD AGENTS.
- CHAPTER XV. A YEAR OF ADVENTURES.
- CHAPTER XVI. A SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR.
- CHAPTER XVII. A CHAMPION BUFFALO-HUNTER.
- CHAPTER XVIII. SCOUT, GUIDE, AND INDIAN FIGHTER.
- CHAPTER XIX. BUFFALO BILL’S “PARDS” OF THE PLAINS.
- “WILD BILL” (J. B. HICKOK).
- “TEXAS JACK” (J. B. OMOHUNDRO).
- DR. D. FRANK POWELL (“WHITE BEAVER”).
- MAJ. FRANK J. NORTH.
- SITTING BULL.
- “OKLAHOMA PAYNE” (CAPT. D. L. PAYNE), THE CIMARRON SCOUT.
- NATHAN SALSBURY.
- INDIAN NAMES OF STATES.
- CHAPTER XX. BORDER POETRY.
- BILL CODY.
- BUFFALO CHIPS, THE SCOUT, TO BUFFALO BILL.
- RATTLIN’ JOE’S PRAYER.
- BUFFALO BILL AND YELLOW HAND.
- CHAPTER XXI. FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE WILD WEST AT SEA.
- CHAPTER XXIII. A ROYAL WELCOME.
- AMERICAN WILD WEST EXHIBITION.
- CHAPTER XXIV. A VISIT FROM QUEEN VICTORIA.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE HOME TRAIL.
- CHAPTER XXVI. SWINGING AROUND EUROPE.
- BUFFALO BILL IN VENICE.
- THE WILD WEST AT THE VATICAN.—BUFFALO BILL’S INDIANS AND COWBOYS AT THE ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY OF LEO XIII.
- THE WILD WEST MAKE THEIR ENTRÉE.
- THE PAPAL BLESSING.
- BUFFALO BILL AND THE ROMANS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE LAST INDIAN WAR.
- AS BUFFALO BILL SEES IT.—HE THINKS IT LOOKS LIKE PEACE IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY.
- THE SITUATION IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY A MARVEL OF MILITARY STRATEGY.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. BACK TO EUROPE.
- CONCLUSION.
- APPENDIX. Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and the London Workingmen’s Association.
- AN EPISODE SINCE THE RETURN FROM EUROPE.
- WRITINGS OF MARAH ELLIS RYAN
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