Identifier: lifeofhonwilliam00buff (find matches)
Title: The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., F. E. Bliss
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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man fired on him at once, but missedhis aim. Quick as lightning Wild-Bill pulled his revolver andreturned the fire. The stranger fell dead, shot through thebrain. Bill, Bill! Help ! Help ! save me ! Such was the crythat Bill now heard. It was the shrill and pitiful voice ofthe dead stock-tenders wife, and it came fiom a window ofthe house. She had heard the exchange of shots, and knewthat Wild Bill had arrived. He dashed over the dead body of the villain whom he liadkilled, and ju^t as he sprang into the door of the house, hesaw two powerful men assaulting the woman. One of thedesperadoes was in the act of striking her Mith the butt endof a revolver, and while his arm was still raised, Bill sent aball crashing through his skull, killing him instantly. Twoother men now came rushing from an adjoining ro^-m, andBill, seeing that the odds were three to one against him,■jumped into a corner, and then firino V.d killed another ofthe villains. Before he could shoot again the remaining two
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WILD BILL AND TUE OUTLAWS. WILD BILLS FIGHT WITH DESPERADOES. 131 men closed in upon him, one of whom had drawn a largebowie knife. Bill wrenched the knife from his grasp anddrove it through the heart of the outlaw. The fifth and last man now grabbed Bill by the throat,and held him at arms length, but it was only for a moment,as Bill raised his own powerful right arm and struck hisantagonists left arm such a terrible blow that he broke it.The disabled desperado, seeing that he was no longer amatch for Bill, jumped through the door, and mounting ahorse he succeeded in making his escape—being the sole sur-vivor of the Jake McCandless gang. Wild Bill remained at the station with the terrifiedwoman until the stage came along, and he then consignedher to the care of the driver. Mounting his horse he atonce galloped off, and soon disappeared in the distance,making up for lost time. This- was the exploit that was on everybodys tongue andin every newspaper. It was one of the most remarkable

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