"buffalo bill" cody's visit to major israel mccreight at the wigwam in du bois, pennsylvania, on june 22, 1908, remains a notable event in wild west history. on this occasion, monroe mccanles was mccreight's houseguest and told buffalo bill about his father dave mccanles having been shot by "wild bill" hickok. the "mccanles incident" was then the subject of controversy and debate by wild west historians. monroe mccanles disclosed that at the age of twelve he had stood beside his father dave mccanles when hickok shot him dead from behind a curtain. for the first time, buffalo bill heard an alternative account of the event and remarked that he would include the story in his projected autobiography. mccreight wrote articles about the "mccanles incident" for the rest of his life.