Show 1 stories of 11 B elmo hewl great scouts v wt D western newspaper union BUFFALO CHIP chir JIM WANTED WANTE FD TO BE LIKE BUFFALO BILL plain mal jun JIM white wae was big name but alone along the whole western estern frontier he WAS known as buffalo chip jim a name which he carried to wa hi crave he lie had find been a boyhood friend of but fato bill and when cody became an indian scoot scout white also took up that occupation for yeara years be was but talo alo alle fAlth faithful fUl follower balf half servant half partner ho go copied buffalo dilla bills dress bla his speech and the way he walked ue he let hie his hair halt frow grow lone long in imitation of cody lie ile wae was always at the famous achuta side ide S and took more care of buffalo bills 8 luns L uns and horses than be did of f his hl own two stories of how bo he cot got his name are told one la Is thia this general shop slier idan had arrived at fort wallace e kan and was becking seeking buffalo bill it to guide him on a buffalo bunt hunt whito appeared and told the general that cody waa was A avoy sy but when mr cody Is away im buffalo bill declared white the h 1 you arel said little phil with contempt buffalo chips you mean I 1 and the general d away angrily according to tte other version of Will whites tes christening one night at fort La rainie le bo he claimed the right to be knon by some other nahne than elm alm pie jim white something descriptive of his close friendship for buffalo bill all right suld said major morion morton ot 0 the ninth infantry well coll call you buffalo chips I 1 white was uns with the fifth cavalry when it attacked chief american horses camp at slim duties buttes 8 D in aia autumn of 1870 after the defeat ut of uio the indians indiana the sold soldiers lerr began hunting down little parties of sioux hidden in the gulches and ravines near the edge of a cliff he ile had raised himself to his feet and waa vms ready rendy to fire at a warrior down la in the when a shot rang out white sprang sprung in the air clutched his hands to bla breast and nith the startled cry of oh my god boys got mel he plunged for forward vard loi doti the slope shot through the heart A simpler minded gentler fron aled lie way was mod esl es ond and courtesy itself and he had three unusual traits for men of his dubs he never drank drunk I 1 never heard him hint swear and no man ever heard him lie writes gen charles king who knew him well and who saw dim him die that cold september bember morning at buttes |