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.

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

Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.

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.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

If Wild Bill could have made his successful dash into our lines earlier in the day, the attuck would have been made sooner, and greater results might have been expected. The Confederates had suspected him of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him too closely to allow an opportunity to get away from them sooner.

Washington newspaper men know everything.