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> [The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/the-indians-were-well-mounted-and-felt-proud-and-elated-because-they/)

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> [I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/i-thought-i-was-benefiting-the-indians-as-well-as-the-government-by/)

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> [Indians were frequently off their reservations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/indians-were-frequently-off-their-reservations/)

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> [The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/the-indians-said-the-bones-were-those-of-a-race-of-people-three-times/)

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- [Scott Wallace 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indians/scott-wallace/)
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## More by Buffalo Bill

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/stations-were-built-at-intervals-averaging-fifteen-miles-apart-a/)

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> [Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/excitement-was-plentiful-during-my-two-years-service-as-a-pony/)

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> [Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/quick-as-lightning-wild-bill-pulled-his-revolver-the-stranger-fell/)

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> [Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/having-secured-my-indian-actors-i-started-for-baltimore-where-i/)

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> [My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/my-great-forte-in-killing-buffaloes-was-to-get-them-circling-by/)

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> [The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/the-indians-were-well-mounted-and-felt-proud-and-elated-because-they/)

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> [Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/wild-bill-was-a-strange-character-in-person-he-was-about-six-feet-and/)

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> [But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/but-the-west-of-the-old-times-with-its-strong-characters-its-stern/)

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> [ Well, Bill \[Bill Hickok\] was a pretty good shot. But he could not shoot as quick as half a dozen men we all knew… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/well-bill-bill-hickok-was-a-pretty-good-shot-but-he-could-not-shoot/)

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> [I began to think that my time had come, as the saying is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/i-began-to-think-that-my-time-had-come-as-the-saying-is/)

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> [Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/wild-bill-was-anything-but-a-quarrelsome-man-yet-i-have-personal/)

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> [Washington newspaper men know everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/washington-newspaper-men-know-everything/)

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> [I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/i-thought-i-was-benefiting-the-indians-as-well-as-the-government-by/)

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> [I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/i-had-many-enemies-among-the-sioux-i-would-be-running-considerable/)

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> [My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buffalo-bill/my-restless-roaming-spirit-would-not-allow-me-to-remain-at-home-very/)

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