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Major North And Myself Went Out In Advance Of The Command Several Miles And Killed A Number Of Buffaloes.

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.

The Indians Said The Bones Were Those Of A Race Of People ... Three Times The Size Of A Man.

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

But The Love Of Adventure Was In Father's Blood.