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LAST OF THE GREAT
SCOUTS


THE LIFE STORY OF
COL. WILLIAM F. CODY
"BUFFALO BILL"


AS TOLD BY HIS SISTER
Helen Cody Wetmore






TO THE MEMORY OF A MOTHER
WHOSE CHRISTIAN
CHARACTER STILL LIVES A HALLOWED
INFLUENCE





Table of Contents


Foreword, by Zane Grey.

Genealogy of Buffalo Bill.

Preface.

I. The Old Homestead in Iowa.

II. Will's First Indian.

III. The Shadow of Partisan Strife.

IV. Persecution Continues.

V. The "Boy Extra."

VI. Family Defender and Household Tease.

VII. Indian Encounter and School-Day Incidents.

VIII. Death and Burial of Turk.

IX. Will as Pony Express Rider.

X. Echoes from Sumter.

XI. A Short but Dashing Indian Campaign.

XII. The Mother's Last Illness.

XIII. In the Secret-Service.

XIV. A Rescue and a Betrothal.

XV. Will as a Benedict.

XVI. How the Sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" was Won.

XVII. Satanta, Chief of the Kiowas.

XVIII. Will Made Chief of Scouts.

XIX. Army Life at Fort McPherson.

XX. Pa-has-ka, the Long-Haired Chief.

XXI. The Hunt of the Grand Duke Alexis.

XXII. Theatrical Experiences.

XXIII. The Government's Indian Policy.

XXIV. Literary Work.

XXV. First Visit to the Valley of the Big Horn.

XXVI. Tour of Great Britain.

XXVII. Return of the "Wild West" to America.

XXVIII. A Tribute to General Miles.

XXIX. The "Wild West" at the World's Fair.

XXX. Cody Day at the Omaha Expedition.

XXXI. The Last of the Great Scouts.

Zane Grey Adds the Finishing Touch
to the Story by Telling of the
Last Days of the Great Scouts.



List of Illustrations.




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