You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.

Quote by Buffalo Bill

Topics: Buffalo Bill Quotes

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for...

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for...

Indians were frequently off their reservations.

Indians were frequently off their reservations.

General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.

General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and...

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and...

Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations,...

Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations,...

The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.

The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.

The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a...

The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a...

The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days,...

The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days,...

Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been...

Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been...

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of...

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of...

The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made...

The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made...

My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon...

My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon...

Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the...

Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the...

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from...

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from...

On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of...

On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of...

So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked...

So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked...

The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average...

The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average...

My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.

My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.

Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat...

Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat...

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying...

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying...