I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.

After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

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

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.

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