After Crossing The Smoky Hill

It Was Because Of My Great Interest In The West, And My Belief That Its Development Would Be Assisted By The Interest I Could Awaken In Others, That I Decided To Bring The West To The East Through The Medium Of The Wild West Show.

With The Help Of A Friend I Got Father Into A Wagon, When The Crowd Had Gone. I Held His Head In My Lap During The Ride Home. I Believed He Was Mortally Wounded. He Had Been Stabbed Down Through The Kidneys, Leaving An Ugly Wound.

I Began To Think That My Time Had Come, As The Saying Is.

We Had Avoided Discovery By The Sioux Scouts, And We Were Confident Of Giving Them A Complete Surprise.

Some Days I Would Go Without Any Fire At All, And Eat Raw Frozen Meat And Melt Snow In My Mouth For Water.