Show stories of yo elmo S great scouts w Q west urn newspaper Nw paper union HOW CODY GOT NICKNAME OF BUFFALO BILL DILU when tho tile kansas pacific railroad was being built through kansas in ca it was necessary to provide food for an army of more than asoo truck layers laem A source of supply was us near at liand vast ast herds of buffalo and men were hired to do nothing elso 1 but kill these animals for food olia of ho the best known of tho hunten was as william frederick erick cody a young fron tier smarr who hud had been a pony express rider and guide for vencial Jen cial ouster custer the tile work was mas dangerous for the indians did nil all they could to stop progress on tho the railroad they especially hated tinted hunters who iio killed diore buffalo in one day than they distro destroyed ed in a week and cody took his tits life in his hands every time he went out he lie boon beganie euch an expert hunter that tho tile railroad men gave him tho the til nickname kaname of buffalo bill clug during codys career as a buffalo hunter a period of IS 18 months ho killed a total of L bison ula greatest exploit was his victory aez billy comstock Co matock a scout and rival hunter the match was arranged by officers of fort wallace to decide which of the two to men was the great et t a of bison they were to hunt ono one day of eight hours houri and the roan man who killed tho the grea greatest number of the animals was to be declared the ch champion applon buffalo hunter A lierd ieru was found and separated ted into two bunches cody immediately began riding at the head of bis his bunch shooting the leaders and crowding the fol followers louers in toward the center of an ever narrowing circle in a short time titue he ho had find killed MUM 88 all of whom lay d dead d over a email area comstock had begun shooting snoot ing at the rear of hie his lierd herd and although ho lie killed 23 they wore scattered over oer a distance of three talles two tuo more herds were found and when the tile count was made cody had CO 09 and comstock 41 40 later became a famous scout I 1 and guide ho ile domed with general caster custer in kansas and general corr carr in colorado cody was known ns pa linska long ilnia by the sioux who ho had great respect for his pro prowess esq after the indian wars nm ended Ilu frala bill 1 organized his wild west bho bhoj alch which added to his 11 fame faille not in america but in europe as ns well ell after seventy two bear pf p life cr oded th h adventure ho he aled tatham 10 OIT go Is burled on loo 1001 l oo out al i i l near den adner V 1 i tt t |