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THE ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL




[Illustration: HE SAW THE FEATHERED HEAD OF AN INDIAN POKE OVER THE BANK
BEFORE HIM.]




  The Adventures of
  Buffalo Bill


  BY COL. WILLIAM F. CODY
  (BUFFALO BILL)


  HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS
  NEW YORK, EVANSTON, and LONDON




_Harper's Young People's Series_

New Large Type Edition

Illustrated--Jackets Printed in Colors


  TOBY TYLER. By James Otis
  MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER. By James Otis
  TIM AND TIP. By James Otis
  RAISING THE PEARL. By James Otis
  ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL. By W. F. Cody
  DIDDIE, DUMPS, AND TOT. By Mrs. L. C. Pyrnelle
  MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. By Lucy C. Lillie
  THE CRUISE OF THE CANOE CLUB. By W. L. Alden
  THE CRUISE OF THE "GHOST." By W. L. Alden
  MORAL PIRATES. By W. L. Alden
  A NEW ROBINSON CRUSOE. By W. L. Alden
  THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY BROWN. By W. L. Alden
  PRINCE LAZYBONES. By Mrs. W. J. Hays
  THE FLAMINGO FEATHER. By Kirk Munroe
  DERRICK STERLING. By Kirk Munroe
  CHRYSTAL, JACK & CO. By Kirk Munroe
  WAKULLA. By Kirk Munroe
  THE ICE QUEEN. By Ernest Ingersoll
  THE RED MUSTANG. By W. O. Stoddard
  TALKING LEAVES. By W. O. Stoddard
  TWO ARROWS. By W. O. Stoddard
  THE HOUSEHOLD OF GLEN HOLLY. By Lucy C. Lillie
  MILDRED'S BARGAIN. By Lucy C. Lillie
  NAN. By Lucy C. Lillie
  ROLF HOUSE. By Lucy C. Lillie




  THE ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL


  Copyright 1904
  By Harper & Brothers
  Printed in the U.S.A.

  D-E




CONTENTS


                                                    PAGE
  THE ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL

      I. CROSSING THE PLAINS                           1

     II. ROUNDING UP INDIANS                          29

    III. PURSUING THE SIOUX                           51

     IV. MY DUEL WITH YELLOW HAND                     76


  THE LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL

      I. THE LITTLE BOY OF THE PRAIRIE               101

     II. LITTLE BILL AT SCHOOL AND AT THE TRAPS      118

    III. THE PONY EXPRESS RIDER                      134

     IV. "BILL CODY, THE SCOUT"                      151

      V. THE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS WITH THE ARMY          160

     VI. BUFFALO BILL AND HIS SHOW                   169




ILLUSTRATIONS


  HE SAW THE FEATHERED HEAD OF AN INDIAN POKE
  OVER THE BANK BEFORE HIM                        _Frontispiece_

  I DISENTANGLED MYSELF AND JUMPED BEHIND
  THE DEAD BODY OF MY HORSE                       _Facing p._ 46

  IN THE DISTANCE I SAW A LARGE HERD OF
  BUFFALOES WHICH WERE BEING CHASED AND
  FIRED AT BY TWENTY OR THIRTY INDIANS                "       96

  HE LOOKED UP AND SAW INDIANS IN WAR PAINT
  STANDING INSIDE THE CAVE, GAZING AT HIM             "      128




FOREWORD


With the death of William Frederick Cody, at Denver on January 10, 1917,
there passed away the last of that intrepid band of pathfinders who gave
their lives to the taming of the West, a gallant company of brave men
steadfastly pushing back the frontier year by year and mile by mile, and
ceasing from their labors only when the young and vigorous life of the
Pacific States had been linked up for all time with the older civilization
of the Atlantic seaboard.

The fame of Colonel Cody, or Buffalo Bill as he was popularly called,
recalls that of Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson, but he cannot
be said to rank with those earlier heroes in point of actual national
service. He played no large part in the upbuilding of our Continental
Empire. Yet he was made of the same stern stuff, and, on his more
circumscribed stage, he was a gall