But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
I could never resist the call of the trail.
Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
Indians were frequently off their reservations.
But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
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.