Hickok, James Butler “Wild Bill,” 18, 56, 58, 74, 81–82, 92, 100, 126, 213
Higinbotham, Harlow, 186
“Horse’s Tale, A” (Twain), 140
horse thieves, 40, 51–53, 55–56, 83–84, 91–92
Hutton, Paul Andrew, 90n
Hyat, E. A., 112
Indian Affairs, commissioner of, 9, 43, 93, 112
Indians:
bonds posted for, 43, 112–13
in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, 9–10, 23, 43–44, 80, 86, 87, 112–13, 118, 124, 139, 157–58, 160, 161, 162, 163–66, 174–77, 178, 182, 187, 204
buffaloes hunted by, 168, 176, 178
Cody’s friendship with, 9–10, 12, 23, 43–44, 86, 87, 166–67, 178–82, 211–13, 222
customs of, 51, 86, 176–78
drinking by, 176–77
extermination of, 18, 20, 21–25, 68–69, 72–73, 119, 176–81, 212–13
government supervision of, 9, 43, 93, 112
myths of, 73, 165–66, 176–81
Oakley’s friendship with, 5, 43, 136
reservations for, 23, 176–82
scalping and, 24–25, 26, 86
settlers vs., 21–22, 41, 53–54, 86–87, 89, 90, 93, 119, 186, 227, 229
treaties with, 79–80
tribes of, 41, 69, 71–72, 178, see also specific tribes
villages of, 67–68, 70
warbonnets of, 83, 90, 95, 97–98, 100, 108, 139, 174
wooden figures of, 124
Indian War Pictures, 211–14, 221
Indian Wars, 98
Infirmary, 146, 147
Ingraham, Prentiss, 6, 107–8, 140
Interior Department, U.S., 9, 43
Intolerance, 212
Iraq War, 79
Jack (Red Cloud’s son), 187
James, Jesse, 36
Jayhawkers, 40, 55–56, 62, 130
Jerome, Jenny, 84
Jordan, Michael, 136
Joseph, Chief, 102
Kansas, 36–37, 55–56, 70
Kasper, Shirl, 15, 196–97, 198
Kasson, Joy S., 33–34, 64, 118, 211, 212
Killing of Tall Bull, The, 90
King, Clarence, 95–96, 97, 99
Kiowa Indians, 71, 74–75, 76
Kublai Khan, 48
LaFarge, John, 9
Lancaster, Charles, 149, 168
land agents, 114–15
Last of the Great Scouts, The (Wetmore), 3, 74
Leavenworth, Kans., 34, 36, 40, 57, 61–62
Leavenworth Times, 40
Leone, Sergio, 127
Life of Buffalo Bill, The, 210
Ligowsky clay pigeons, 121
Lillie, Gordon “Pawnee Bill,” 12, 16, 30, 119, 128, 129, 153, 172, 188, 193–94, 200, 208–9, 210, 220
Lincoln, Abraham, 28, 69–70
Lindbergh, Charles, 20
Little Bighorn, Battle of, 24–25, 59–60, 93, 94, 101, 186
Little No Neck, 187
Lonesome Dove (McMurtry), 78, 119, 120
Lookout Mountain, 16–17
Love, Courtney, 11
Lowell, James Russell, 158
Lucretia Borgia (Cody’s rifle), 87, 118
McCandles brothers, 92
McCarthy, Bill, 39, 41
McCarthy, Frank, 39, 40, 41
McCoy, Tim, 20
Mackenzie, Ranald, 102
McLaughlin, James, 176, 178, 179, 180, 182
McMurtry, Charlie, 3–4
McMurtry, Louisa Francis, 36–37
McMurtry, Roy, 3–4
McMurtry, William Jefferson, 36
Madison Square Garden, 154, 193
Madonna, 7
Madsen, Chris, 94, 96–97, 99
Majors and Russell, 37, 39
Marais des Cygnes River, 56
Marmaduke, John Sappington, 56
Marsh, Othniel Charles, 85
Mathewson, William, 80, 143
May, Karl, 120
Memories of Buffalo Bill by His Wife (L. Cody), 20, 64, 65, 133–35
Mencken, H. L., 69
Merritt, General, 94, 100, 137
Messiah letters, 177
Mexican Joe, 165
Michael, Grand Duke of Russia, 13
Miles, Nelson A., 55, 101, 102, 178–79, 180, 182, 190–91, 211, 212–13, 221
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 21, 84
Miller Brothers’ 101
Ranch show, 3–4, 206, 209
minstrel shows, 189
Minutes of the Last Meeting (Fowler), 17
Mix, Tom, 206
Monarch (buffalo), 29–30, 206, 208
Monroe, Marilyn, 3
Montreal Gazette, 138–39
Morlacchi, Giuseppina, 108–9, 117, 119, 134
Moses, Jacob, 15, 146
Moses, Phoebe Ann, see Oakley, Annie
Moses, Susan, 146
mountain men, 21–22, 59, 84
Muller, Dan, 11–12, 63, 143, 202–3
Navaho Indians, 41
Nelson, John Y., 126–27, 132, 157, 187, 211
New York Herald, 84, 97, 100
New York Times, 198
New York World, 124
Nez Perce Indians, 102
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, 160
Noch-ay-del-klinne, 177
North, Frank, 77, 88, 89–90, 114–15, 122, 131, 132
North, Luther, 88, 89–90, 114
Northern Pacific Railroad, 68
Oakley, Annie, 143–54
as actress, 19, 150–51, 200, 210, 218
age of, 35, 146, 152, 171
anemia of, 11, 14, 219
“back kick” of, 19, 217
biographies of, 19, 33, 64, 172
birth of, 146
blood poisoning of, 152
in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, 5, 12, 14, 118, 133, 152–53, 170, 171–73, 174, 193, 195–96
in car accident, 13, 151, 218
career of, 8, 19, 118, 130, 134, 136, 140, 143–54, 215–19
Cody compared with, 11–13, 14, 16, 19–20
Cody’s relationship with, 8, 10, 12, 65, 134, 170–73, 224, 228–29
contracts of, 12, 171
costume of, 8, 138, 144
dancing of, 215, 216
death of, 11, 15, 125, 135, 145, 219
early years of, 15, 146–51, 198, 216, 217
education of, 147
in England, 13, 149, 158, 161, 162, 167, 168–72
eyesight of, 148–49
fame of, 5, 7–8, 10, 11, 13–15, 19, 119, 136, 143, 161, 171–73, 186, 190, 195–200, 215–19, 228–29
female embalmer for, 11, 12, 145, 219
films made by, 19, 150–51, 218
frugality of, 143, 146, 147, 150, 154, 199, 200
funeral of, 11, 12, 15, 16
game hunted by, 5, 146, 148, 149
guns used by, 5, 13, 15, 147, 149, 153, 197
hair of, 144, 196–97
later years of, 14–15, 215–19
leg brace of, 13, 14, 218
libel suit by, 197–98
as “Little Missie,” 10, 34, 134, 140, 167
Louisville, Ky. audition of (1885), 8, 130, 131, 146n
mirror used by, 139
original name of, 5, 15, 146
in Paris, 174
as performer, 12–14, 19, 124, 143–44, 145, 149–53, 160–61, 168–69, 174, 186, 215–19, 228–29
personality of, 10, 12–13, 19, 143–44, 146, 196–97, 215–17
photographs of, 8, 20–21, 136n, 144
physical appearance of, 20–21, 144, 196–97, 224
press coverage of, 7, 8, 14–15, 143, 146, 169–72, 195–98, 218, 224
retirement of, 9, 14, 150, 170–73, 193, 196, 200
rivals of, 14, 35, 140, 143–44, 146, 149, 152–53, 168–69, 173, 199
royalty met by, 5, 19, 144, 161, 162, 183–84
as sharpshooter, 8, 9, 11, 13–15, 19, 121–22, 124, 125, 138, 139, 140, 144, 148–50, 152–53, 160–61, 170–73, 186, 196, 198–99, 210, 215–19, 228�
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shooting lessons given by, 148–49, 183, 184, 210, 215
as superstar, 5, 7, 173, 190, 228–29
in train wreck (1901), 173, 195–96
as woman in man’s world, 5, 7–8, 10, 11, 138, 149, 161, 168, 199, 215, 216–17
Old Glory Blow Out (1882), 116, 120
Omohundro, Jack (Texas Jack), 18, 26, 80, 92, 102, 107, 108–9, 117, 119, 135, 213
Onion Creek Grill, 226–27
Orapeza, Vincente, 9
Pastor, Tony, 150
Patchwork, 129
Pawnee Bill, see Lillie, Gordon “Pawnee Bill”
Pawnee Bill’s Wild East, 193, 209
Pawnee Indians, 71, 77, 88–89, 122–23, 208
Pearl Harbor attack (1941), 93
Philadelphia Phillies, 218
Phil Sheridan and His Army (Hutton), 90n
Pickett, Bill, 206
Pickford, Mary, 211, 220, 225
pigeons, 149, 150, 187, 196
Pine Ridge reservation, 102, 121, 122, 174–77, 178, 180–81, 182, 198, 210, 212–13
Plains Indians, 24–25, 29, 66–102, 210; see also specific tribes
Pocahontas, 34
Polo, Marco, 48
Pomeroy, Brick, 138
Pony Express, 20, 37, 43, 45, 46–53, 54, 58, 59, 153, 187, 227
“poor children’s day,” 186–87
posters, 8, 33–34, 77, 118, 124, 130, 192, 226–27
Pourriere, Big Bat, 100
Powers, John, 97, 99
Prairie Scout, The, 26, 29
Presley, Elvis, 3
Pritchett, V. S., 63
Publishers Press, 197
railroads, 7, 20, 49–50, 68, 128, 173, 189, 190
Rain in the Face (father), 59
Rain in the Face (son), 59–60
Ramona, 211
Reconstruction, 66
Red Cloud, 48, 67, 72, 126, 176, 187
Red Cloud agency, 94, 100, 112, 139
Red Cloud’s War, 72
Red Legged Scouts, 56
Red Shirt, 34, 43, 157, 161, 162, 163
Red Tomahawk, 180
Reynolds, Charley, 78
Right Red Hand: Or Buffalo Bill’s First Scalp for Custer, The (Ingraham), 107–8
Ringling Brothers, 119
Rochester Opera House, 108
rodeo, 111, 115, 116, 138, 154, 209
Rogers, Will, 9, 14–15, 206, 219
Roosevelt, Theodore, 5, 10, 183, 190, 217
Rorem, Ned, 99
Rosebud, Battle of the, 72, 77, 94
Rosenberg, Liz, 7
Rough Riders, 9–10, 183, 186, 190
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 158
Russell, Don, 34–35, 40, 48, 49, 64, 75, 76, 85, 100, 131, 191
Russell, Majors, and Waddell, 37, 46, 48–49, 66, 128
St. Louis Exposition (1904), 210
Salsbury, Nate, 7–10, 12, 13, 29, 126–27, 129–31, 132, 135, 136, 143, 152, 153, 154, 157, 160, 170–75, 182–89, 193, 207, 220
Salt Creek Valley, 36–37, 56, 224
Salvation Army, 184
Samson and Katzenberger, 147
Sand Creek Massacre, 70, 88
Sandoz, Mari, 114–15
Sandoz, Old Jules, 114–15
Sanger, George, 158, 159, 160
Santa Fe Trail, 68
Satanta, Chief, 76
Scalia, Antonin, 85
Schreyvogel, Charles, 90n
Schurz, Carl, 112
Scout’s Rest ranch, 11, 30, 64, 103, 110–11, 112, 114–15, 116, 201
Sells Circus, 8, 131, 221
September 11th attacks (2001), 93
Seventh Cavalry, U.S., 24, 70, 93, 181
Seventh Kansas Regiment, 55–57, 58
Sheridan, Philip, 26, 53, 68–69, 74–75, 76, 77, 84, 85, 86, 91, 137, 226–27
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 55, 62, 67, 68–69, 70, 72, 74, 113, 129, 137
Shoshoni Indians, 77
Shoumatoff, Alex, 79
Sinatra, Frank, 3
Sioux Indians, 5, 18, 41, 48, 53–54, 59–60, 72, 79–80, 86–87, 101, 102, 126, 136, 176–82, 187, 199, 212–13
Sitting Bull, 5, 43–44, 47, 55, 60, 67, 72, 73, 102, 113, 136, 167, 176, 178–80, 221
Slade, Joseph “Alf,” 46–47, 49, 51, 53
slavery, 36–37, 52
Smith, Jedediah, 77
Smith, Lillian, 14, 35, 144, 146, 149, 152–53, 161, 168–70, 173, 199
South Platte River, 39–42
Spanish-American War, 190–91
Spence, Gerry, 27–28
Spotted Tail, 53–54, 67, 72, 86
Spring, Agnes Wright, 51
Stagecoach, 228
Standing Rock reservation, 176–77, 179
Staten Island, 29, 136–37, 139–40, 152–53, 160, 185
steamboats, 21, 84, 131, 132
Stewart, Martha, 11
Stewart, William Drummond, 84
Stocker, Louise, 11, 219
Stone, Fred, 218
Story of the Wild West, The (Cody), 90
Stout, Ernest, 197
Summit Springs, Battle of, 44, 77, 83, 88, 90, 212
Summit Spring’s Rescue 1869, The (Schreyvogel), 90n
Swanson, Gloria, 14
Tall Bull, 20, 23, 44, 77, 88–90, 108, 114, 131, 211, 212
Tammen, Harry, 16, 17, 45, 51, 200, 211, 213, 220–21
Taylor, Buck, 138
telegraph, 17, 50, 131, 132, 178–79
Terry, Alfred, 101, 102
Tolstoy, Leo, 63
Topperwein, Adolph, 122
trick shots, 139, 150, 169, 183–84, 228
Trotter, Bill, 46
Troubadours, 129
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 139
Twain, Mark, 9, 137, 139, 140
Two Bills Show, 200, 208–9, 220, 222
Two Lances, 86
Union Pacific Railroad, 5–6, 68
Victoria, Queen of England, 5, 13, 34, 43, 63, 117, 153, 154, 157–70, 184, 202
Washita, Battle of the, 24, 69, 70, 77
Wayne, John, 228
Weichel, Mrs. (Indian captive), 89
West, U.S.:
as frontier, 38, 103, 128, 138–39, 153, 227
iconography of, 21, 33–34, 117–18, 226–27
Indian wars in, 66–102
mythology of, 9, 18–19, 21–22, 29–30, 38, 54, 103, 112, 115–16, 119–20, 128, 137–39, 153–54, 212–14, 222, 226–27
“tropes” of, 20, 33–35, 43, 44–45, 47, 48–49, 58, 59, 61, 119, 211, 212, 221
white settlement of, 21–22, 41, 48, 53–54, 68–69, 72, 79–80, 86–87, 89, 90, 93, 114–15, 119, 186, 227, 229
Western Girl, The, 19, 150–51, 218
Westerns, 18, 26, 29, 33
West of the Imagination, The (Goetzmann and Goetzmann), 21
Wetmore, Helen Cody, 3, 74, 78
White, Mrs. James (Indian captive), 21–22, 41
White Beaver’s Laugh Cream, 9, 207
Wied-Neuwied, Maximilian, Prince zu, 84
Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, 5, 158, 160, 183–84, 215
Williams, Ted, 148
Williams, True, 41
Wilson, Woodrow, 17, 224
Windsor Castle, 160–61, 162, 164
women’s suffrage, 216
World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago) (1893), 185–88
World War I, 206–7, 215, 217, 221
Wounded Knee Massacre, 72–73, 167, 181–82, 184, 187, 212–13, 221
Wovoka (Jack Wilson), 177, 178
Yellow Hair (Wey-o-hei), 20, 23, 24–25, 33, 41, 44–45, 72, 76, 77, 83, 94–100, 101, 107–8, 134, 186, 211, 212, 221
yellow journalism, 197–98
Yost, Nellie Snyder, 64–65
Young Buffalo’s Wild West, 193–94, 200, 216
Young Man Afraid of His Horses, 187
Photo Credits
Photos are reproduced courtesy of the following sources:
© Bettmann/CORBIS—8, 20.
Culver Pictures—2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31.
Denver Public Library, Western History Collection—X-31676: 27; Z-2380: 1; D. F. Barry, B-201: 30; B-529: 13; and B-941: 6; Joseph Masters, X-33352: 16; C. G. Morledge, X-31346: 14; Nate Salsbury Collection, NS-67: 15; NS-116: 26; and NS-236: 32.
Garst Museum—7.
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