My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

Well, Bill [Bill Hickok] was a pretty good shot. But he could not shoot as quick as half a dozen men we all knew in those days, nor as straight either. But Bill was cool, and the men who he went up against were rattled, I guess. Bill beat them to it. He made up his mind to kill the other man before the other man had finished thinking.

I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.

Washington newspaper men know everything.

On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.

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

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.