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The Colonel and Little Missie

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by Larry McMurtry


  1950

  Bibliography

  Black Elk, Nicholas. Black Elk Speaks. As told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow). University of Nebraska, 1979.

  Blackstone, Sarah. The Business of Being Buffalo Bill: Selected Letters of William F. Cody. New York, 1988.

  ———. Buckskins, Bullets, and Business. New York, 1986.

  Blake, Hubert Cody. Blake’s Western Stories. Brooklyn, 1929.

  Bruce, Robert. The Fighting Norths and Pawnee Scouts. Lincoln, 1932.

  Burke, J. M. “Buffalo Bill” from Prairie to Palace. Chicago, 1893.

  Burke, John. Buffalo Bill: The Noblest Whiteskin. New York, 1973.

  Cody, Louisa Frederici. Memories of Buffalo Bill. With Courtney Ryley Cooper. New York, 1919.

  Cody, Wm. F. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter Scout and Guide. An Autobiography. Foreword by Don Russell. University of Nebraska, 1973.

  ———. Life and Adventures of Buffalo Bill. New York, 1927.

  ———. Letters from Buffalo Bill. Billings, 1948.

  Cooper, Courtney Ryley. Annie Oakley. Hurst and Blackett, n.d.

  Foreman, Carolyn Thomas. Indians Abroad. University of Oklahoma, 1943.

  Havighurst, Walter. Annie Oakley of the Wild West. Introduction by Christine Bold. University of Nebraska, 1954. Reprint, 1992.

  Hedren, Paul. First Scalp for Custer: The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek. University of Nebraska, 1980.

  Hutton, Paul Andrew. Phil Sheridan and His Army. University of Nebraska, 1985.

  Kasper, Shirl. Annie Oakley. University of Oklahoma, 1992.

  Kasson, Joy S. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History. New York, 2000.

  Lamar, Howard R., ed. The New Encyclopedia of the American West. New Haven, 1998.

  Leonard, Elizabeth Jane, and Julia Cody Goodman. Buffalo Bill, King of the Old West. Kissimmee, Florida, 1995.

  Logan, Herschel. Buckskin and Satin: The True Drama of Texas Jack (Omohundro) of the Old West and His Celebrated Wife, Mlle. Morlacchi, Premiere Danseuse, Originator of the Can-can in America. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1954.

  Moses, L. G. Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians 1883–1933. University of New Mexico, 1996.

  Muller, Dan. My Life with Buffalo Bill. Chicago, 1948.

  Riley, Glenda. The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley. University of Oklahoma, 1994.

  Rosa, Joseph G., and May Robin. Buffalo Bill and His Wild West: A Pictorial Biography. University of Kansas, 1989.

  Russell, Don. The Life and Legends of Buffalo Bill. University of Oklahoma Press, 1960.

  Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation. New York, 1992.

  Swartwout, Annie Fern. Missie: The Life and Times of Annie Oakley. Blanchester, Ohio, 1947.

  Wetmore, Helen Cody. Last of the Great Scouts. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, n.d.

  Yost, Nellie Snyder. Buffalo Bill: His Family, Friends, Fame, Failures, and Fortunes. Chicago, 1979.

  Index

  abolition, 36–37, 52

  Adams, Henry, 9, 95

  Adventures of Buffalo Bill, The, 213

  Albert, Prince Consort of England, 160

  Alderdice, Mrs. (Indian captive), 89, 90n

  Alexandra, Princess of Wales, 5, 34, 161, 163, 202

  Alexis, Grand Duke of Russia, 24, 26, 53–54, 84, 86–87

  American Exposition (1897), 157

  American Field, 196

  Anderson, Bronco Billy, 212

  Annie Get Your Gun, 19

  Apache Indians, 21, 41, 71–72, 77, 85, 102–3, 128, 177

  Ayer, Edward, 49–50

  Bailey, James, 9, 188–89, 190, 193, 194, 207, 208, 209

  Baker, Johnny, 13–14, 16–17, 25, 133–34, 135, 143, 145, 146n, 190, 195, 200, 222

  Barnum, P. T., 29, 137, 153, 161, 188, 208

  Barnum and Bailey, 9

  Barrymore, John, 17

  Bartholdi, Frédéric, 186

  Bat, Johnny, 98

  beaver trapping, 58–59, 227

  Benjamin, Walter, 21

  Bennett, James Gordon, 84, 87, 91

  Bernhardt, Sarah, 128–29, 192

  Big Foot, Chief, 181

  Biograph Co., 211

  Bird, Larry, 136

  Bismarck, Otto von, 184

  Black Beaver, 77

  Black Elk, Nicholas, 12, 43, 157, 163–66, 167, 181, 212

  Black Kettle, 70, 88

  Blackstone, Sarah, 118

  Blake, Herbert Cody, 98

  Blake’s Western Stories (Blake), 98

  “Bleeding Kansas,” 36–37

  bloomers, 216–17

  blue rock pigeons, 149

  Bodmer, Karl, 21, 84

  Bogardus, Adam H., 8, 121, 129, 131, 146n

  bonds, 43, 112–13

  Bonfils, Frederick, 16

  book illustrations, 33, 40–41, 90n, 118

  Border Ruffians, 52

  Bozeman Trail, 72

  Brady, Matthew, 28, 86, 117–18

  Breeder and Stockman, 169–70

  Bridger, Jim, 21, 22, 85

  Brompton Cemetery, 175

  Brook, The, 129

  Brulé Sioux, 86–87

  Buckskins, Bullets, and Business (Blackstone), 118

  Buffalo Bill: His Family, Friends, Fame, Failures, and Fortunes (Yost), 64

  Buffalo Bill: King of the Border Men, 91

  Buffalo Bill’s War Pictures, 211

  Buffalo Bill’s Wild West:

  advertising for, 33–34, 77, 158, 185–86, 187

  animals used by, 131, 154, 157, 195, 206

  buffaloes used in, 29–30, 118, 131, 154, 157, 168, 206

  charity events of, 186–87

  civilization as theme of, 154, 168, 174

  Cody’s conception of, 115–16, 119–20, 153–54, 168, 211–12

  Cody’s exploits as subject of, 18–19, 37, 47, 48–49, 52, 60, 62, 103, 119, 153

  cowboys in, 9–10, 111, 115, 116, 183, 186, 187, 190

  English tours of, 12, 13, 34, 43, 124, 140, 166–67, 206

  European tours of, 8, 12, 43, 124, 166–67, 172, 174–75, 183–84, 206–7

  “farewell tours” of, 110–13, 114, 128, 151, 222

  financial arrangements for, 118, 130

  four kings’ stage ride in, 126, 158

  Indians employed by, 9–10, 23, 43–44, 80, 86, 87, 112–13, 118, 124, 139, 157–58, 160, 161, 162, 163–64, 174–77, 178, 182, 187, 204

  indoor vs. outdoor shows of, 118, 154, 188

  international success of, 5, 7, 116, 154

  management of, 7–10, 118, 129, 130, 170–75, 182–89, 192–95

  mergers of, 3–4, 122, 130–31

  narrative in, 153–54

  in New York City, 29, 136–37, 154, 188–89

  origins of, 18–19, 24–30, 116, 118–20, 122

  ownership of, 88, 118, 119, 122, 129–30

  as pageant of American life, 115–16, 119

  performers in, 7, 121–33, 184, 187–89; see also specific performers

  photographs of, 126, 138

  popularity of, 6, 9, 33–34, 154, 157, 185–89, 192–94, 222

  predecessors of, 107–9, 116

  press coverage of, 137–38, 158–59, 160, 169

  profits of, 7, 8, 132–33, 136–37, 154, 157, 185–88, 191, 192

  props of, 131, 139

  publicity for, 7, 23, 25, 66, 108, 117–18, 127, 158–59, 160, 171–72, 186–87

  sharpshooters in, 8, 9, 13–14, 19, 121–24, 146n

  steamboat sinking of, 131, 132

  testimonials for, 137–38, 158–59

  title of, 119, 129, 139, 183, 193, 209

  train wreck of, 173, 195–96, 206

  transportation for, 7, 20, 63, 131, 132, 158, 173, 188–89, 190, 195, 206

  U.S. tours of, 7, 8, 12, 110–13, 118, 185–90, 222

  Wild West myth in, 9, 18–19, 21–22, 29–30, 54, 112, 115–16, 119–20, 137–38, 153–54, 212–14, 222, 226–27
/>   Buffalo Bill’s Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History (Kasson), 33–34

  buffaloes, 5–6, 8–9, 24, 29–30, 68, 76, 80–87, 118, 122, 123, 131, 154, 157, 168, 176, 178, 206, 208, 226

  Bull Head, 180

  Buntline, Ned, 18, 26, 66, 84, 92, 107, 110, 114, 140

  Burke, John M., 7, 13, 109, 127, 128, 129, 133–35, 153, 154, 158, 160, 173, 174, 182, 185–86, 187, 213, 220, 225

  Butler, Elizabeth, 219

  Butler, Frank, 15, 195–96, 219

  as Oakley’s manager, 7–8, 12, 13, 121, 150, 151, 170, 171–73, 197, 198, 199, 215–16

  Oakley’s marriage to, 10, 15, 19, 144–45, 150, 189, 195, 215–16, 218, 219, 224

  Butler, Kattie, 219

  Butterfield, John, 48

  Carlyle, Thomas, 63

  Carr, Eugene, 75–76, 77, 88

  Carson, Christopher “Kit,” 21–22, 41, 59, 77, 210

  Carson, Josefa, 22

  Carver, W. F. “Doc,” 29, 30, 118, 119, 121–24, 126, 129, 135, 153, 208

  Catlin, George, 21, 84

  cattle drives, 39–42, 49

  Cavanaugh, James, 69

  Cedar Mountain, 16–17

  Challenge Buffalo Hunt, 226

  Chaplin, Charlie, 220, 225, 229

  Charge of the Light Brigade, 184

  Cheney, Dick, 85

  Cheyenne Indians, 41, 71, 88–90, 94–100, 101, 102

  Chicago Exposition (1893), 9, 30, 154

  Churchill, Winston S., 84

  circuses, 8, 119, 131, 158, 189, 221

  Civil War, U.S., 28, 40, 55–57, 62, 66, 69–70

  clay pigeons, 121–22, 187, 198, 210

  Clemmons, Katherine, 30, 63, 65, 112, 202, 204, 207

  Cleveland, Grover, 67, 185

  Clinton, Hillary, 198

  Cody, Elijah, 37

  Cody, Isaac, 36–37, 55

  Cody, Josephine, 100

  Cody, Julia, 58–59

  Cody, Kit Carson, 22, 25, 93

  Cody, Louisa Frederici “Lulu”:

  Cody’s career and, 6, 20, 24, 81, 97–98, 100, 111, 132–35, 182

  Cody’s divorce proceedings against, 34, 61, 62, 63, 163, 205

  Cody’s extramarital affairs and, 17, 30, 34, 63, 65, 111–12, 133–34, 163, 202–5

  Cody’s marriage to, 11, 17, 20, 22, 24, 25, 30, 61–65, 92, 93, 102, 128, 132, 134–35, 201–5, 207, 222

  memoir of, 20, 64, 65, 133–35

  Cody, Mary Ann Laycock, 36, 37, 55, 57, 58

  Cody, Orra Maude, 92

  Cody, William Frederick “Buffalo Bill”:

  as actor, 18, 26, 29, 33, 44–45, 91, 93, 97–98, 99, 107–8, 110, 112, 117, 120, 128, 139, 151, 210–11

  authenticity of, 18–19, 212–13

  autobiography of, 20, 28, 33, 34–35, 39–42, 52–53, 55, 56–57, 62, 89, 99, 112, 114, 129

  big game hunters escorted by, 24, 26, 53–54, 84–87, 92

  biographies of, 19–20, 33, 64–65, 74, 98, 172, 226

  birth of, 36

  bonds posted by, 43, 112–13

  broken leg of, 59–60

  as “Buffalo Bill,” 5–6, 80–81

  as buffalo hunter, 5–6, 8–9, 24, 68, 76, 80–87, 122, 123, 206, 226

  career of, 34–35, 119, 131, 191, 211–12, 214, 224–25, 228, 229

  charisma of, 130, 132, 133

  as colonel, 10, 159

  Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to, 23, 92

  costume of, 8, 27–28, 81–82

  as courier, 66, 74–76, 102

  as cowboy, 29–30, 34, 37–42, 66

  death of, 11–12, 16–17, 64, 65, 135, 171, 209, 213, 222, 223, 224, 225

  debts of, 16, 192–94, 200, 204, 209

  drinking by, 30, 53, 56–57, 111, 123, 129, 130, 131, 162, 184, 188, 203

  early years of, 33, 34–38, 46–58

  education of, 58

  extramarital affairs of, 17, 30, 34, 63, 65, 111–12, 133–34, 163, 202–5

  fame of, 3–8, 18–22, 24–28, 58, 66, 73, 92, 97, 100, 117, 123, 128, 129, 130, 136, 169, 171–72, 190, 192, 208–9, 211, 214, 220–21, 224–27, 228, 229

  “farewell tours” of, 110–13, 114, 128, 151, 222

  films made by, 44–45, 73, 98, 182, 210–14, 221

  finances of, 8–9, 16–17, 51, 63, 130, 191, 192–94, 200, 201, 204, 207–9, 214, 220–21, 222, 224

  first Indian killed by, 33, 34–35, 38, 39–42, 47, 53, 149

  in France, 43, 163–64, 170, 193

  funeral of, 11, 16–17, 65

  generosity of, 11–12, 30, 143, 166–67, 186–87, 193, 224

  horsemanship of, 8, 20, 27, 49, 50–51, 76, 77–78, 99, 103, 117, 120, 192, 206

  horses of, 4, 16, 27, 51, 87, 89, 90, 137, 140, 213, 221

  as Indian fighter, 18–19, 20, 23–25, 33, 34–35, 38–45, 47, 50, 53, 56, 66, 72, 73, 76, 83, 88–100, 107–8, 134, 149, 211

  as Jayhawker, 40, 55–56, 62, 130

  later years of, 3–4, 16, 42, 48–49, 220–22

  legends about, 34–35, 39–42, 47, 52–53, 59–60, 64–65, 81, 83, 88–90, 92, 103, 148

  “love potion” given to, 202–3, 205

  as manager, 8–9, 12, 132, 160, 207–9

  marksmanship of, 44, 76, 91–92, 95, 96–97, 99, 118, 123, 124, 153, 169, 229

  military career of, 23, 55–57, 77, 92, 93–100, 137, 182, 190–91, 212–13

  in New York City, 29, 87, 91, 136–37, 139–40, 152–53, 160, 185, 224

  as “Pahaska,” 87, 133, 157–58, 222

  in Paris, 49–50, 166–67

  personality of, 11–12, 26–27, 42, 44, 48, 130, 132, 133, 172, 192, 209

  photographs of, 20–21, 28, 109, 117–18, 186, 222

  physical appearance of, 8, 17, 19, 20–21, 26–28, 81–82, 117–18, 120, 123, 186, 192, 220

  as plainsman, 20, 38, 44, 49, 50, 53, 62, 63, 66, 77, 87, 91–92, 118, 128, 153, 227

  as Pony Express rider, 20, 37, 43, 45, 46–53, 54, 58, 59, 153, 187, 227

  press coverage of, 17, 24–25, 34, 40, 97, 100, 128, 158–59, 171–72

  ranch of (Scout’s Rest), 11, 30, 64, 103, 110–11, 112, 114–15, 116, 201

  rivals of, 12, 16, 30, 119, 122, 128, 129, 153, 172, 188, 193–94, 200, 208–9, 210, 220

  royalty met by, 12, 34, 84–85, 123, 162

  scalpings by, 24–25, 26, 41, 95, 97–98, 99, 107–8, 119, 134, 139, 211, 226

  as scout, 18, 23–24, 26–27, 28, 40, 42, 55, 56, 65, 74–78, 83, 88–90, 93–94, 100, 102–3, 108, 117, 118, 129, 130, 226–27

  sheriff’s auction for, 16, 51, 200, 220

  showmanship of, 4, 16, 66, 76, 80–83, 91, 115

  stage career of, 18–19, 24, 91, 92, 93, 99

  as superstar, 3, 7–8, 28, 117, 128, 129, 130, 136, 190, 220, 224–25, 228, 229

  as teamster, 34, 58, 66

  as trapper, 58–60

  “tropes” of, 20, 33–35, 43, 44–45, 47, 48–49, 58, 59, 61, 119, 211, 212, 221

  wig worn by, 186, 220

  wounds of, 88

  Cody, Wyo., 16–17, 98

  Comanche Indians, 74–75

  “combinations,” 108, 153

  Complete Poems (Cummings), 223

  Comstock, William, 80–81

  Congress of Rough Riders of the World, 9–10, 183, 190

  Connell, Evan, 92

  Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 13, 64, 81

  Cossacks, 10, 183, 184, 187

  cowboys, 29–30, 34, 37–42, 66, 111, 115, 116, 124, 183, 214, 229

  Crawford, Jack, 124

  Crazy Horse, 25, 44, 53, 72, 80, 94, 98, 102

  Crook, George (Gray Fox), 25, 68, 71–72, 77, 80, 93–94, 101, 102–3, 137

  Cummings, E. E., 223

  Custer, George Armstrong, 23–25, 44, 59–60, 69–70, 72, 77, 78, 79–80, 86, 93, 95, 100, 107–8, 119, 211, 212, 221, 226

  Custer, Libbie, 24, 137

  David, Theodore, 81

  Davies, Henry E., 26–27

  Deadwood stage, 82, 87, 100, 118,
122–23, 126–27, 139, 153, 158, 211

  DeMann, Freddie, 7

  DiMaggio, Joe, 148

  dime novels, 6, 20, 21–22, 33, 53, 59, 107–8, 128, 140, 192, 229

  Dismal River, 115

  Dragon’s Blood, 202–3

  dude ranches, 214

  Dull Knife, 102

  Dunn, Charlie, 37

  Dunraven, Earl of, 84–85, 92

  Duvall, Robert, 228

  Edington, Nancy, 147

  Edison, Thomas, 210

  Edward, Prince of Wales, 5, 12, 17, 127, 161–62

  Egan, Howard, 50

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 214

  Elliott, Joel, 69

  Ellis County Star, 97

  endurance shoots, 121–22

  Erastina resort, 136

  Esquivel, Antonio, 138

  Euro Disney, 6, 33, 118

  Fetterman, William J., 86

  Fields, W. C., 17

  Fifth Cavalry, U.S., 55, 75–76, 85, 87, 88, 94, 95–97

  Fighting Cheyenne, The (Grinnell), 90

  For a Few Dollars More, 127

  Ford, John, 120, 228

  Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 139

  Fort Dodge, 75

  Fort Hays, 24, 75

  Fort Laramie, 22, 59, 78, 94, 100

  Fort Larned, 24, 75

  Fort Lyon, 70, 88

  Fort McPherson, 85, 91

  Fort Robinson, 94

  Fort Sedgwick, 89

  Fowler, Gene, 17

  Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria, 5, 117, 144

  Frémont, Jessie Benton, 222

  Frémont, John Charles, 222

  Fronval, George, 119

  Gandhi, Mohandas K., 9

  Garbo, Greta, 3

  Garland, John Watts, 85

  Garnier, Baptiste “Little Bat,” 98, 100, 108

  George V, King of England, 224

  Geronimo, 25, 72, 77, 102

  Ghost Dance crisis, 55, 176–82, 221

  Gladstone, William E., 161

  glanders, 206

  glass balls, 121, 123, 138, 153, 208, 221, 229

  Gleason, Jackie, 229

  Goetzmann, William Jr. and Sr., 21

  gold mining, 58, 78, 79–80

  Goodman, Al, 202

  Goodnight, Charles, 76

  Good Night, Sweet Prince (Fowler), 17

  Gould, Howard, 204–5

  Gould, Jay, 204–5

  Grant, Ulysses S., 9, 69–70, 124

  Green, Hetty, 143

  Griffith, D. W., 211, 212

  Grinnell, George Bird, 90

  Halbing, Kjell, 119

  Hancock, Winfield Scott, 74, 77, 88

  Harrington, Dave, 58–59

  Hart, William S., 225

  Haslam, Bob, 50, 132

  Havighurst, Walter, 196

  Hawks, Howard, 228

  Hearst, William Randolph, 197–98

 

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