Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill
, by Wetmore, Helen Cody
- ISBN: 9781582182018 | 1582182019
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/1/2000
| Preface | p. v |
| p. 1 | |
| The Old Homestead in Iowa | |
| Death of Samuel Cody | |
| A Strange Prophecy and its Fulfilment | |
| The Migration to Kansas | |
| First Night in Camp, and Will's First Deer | |
| The Rescue of Turk | |
| An African Apparition | |
| Temporary Stop in Missouri | |
| p. 7 | |
| Will's First Indian | |
| A Horse Trade Spoiled | |
| The Great Overland Trail | |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Bill | |
| The Home in Kansas | |
| Two Babes, a Dog and a Panther | |
| The Fearless Fidelity of Turk | |
| Will to the Rescue | |
| p. 13 | |
| The Shadow of Partisan Strife | |
| Father's Political Standing | |
| The Meeting at Rively's | |
| Father Avows His Free State Sympathies, and is Struck Down | |
| Beginning of the Persecution | |
| Ruffian Visitors | |
| The Flight to Doniphan | |
| Col. Jim Lane and His Band of Avengers | |
| Father's Return | |
| p. 19 | |
| Persecution Continues | |
| The Adventures of Mr. Sharpe | |
| A Night Attack | |
| Outwitted by a Woman | |
| The Sawmill at Grasshopper Falls | |
| Will Takes the Road | |
| The Ambush at Big Stranger's Creek | |
| A Ride to Save a Father's Life | |
| The Le Compton Legislature | |
| Ohio Emigrants | |
| Death of Isaac Cody | |
| p. 26 | |
| An Unjust Claim | |
| Will Signs a Pledge | |
| The "Boy Extra" of the Bull-Train | |
| Attacked by Indians | |
| The Flight by the River | |
| Will's First Dead Indian | |
| Arrival at Fort Kearney | |
| The Wreck of the Bull-Train | |
| p. 34 | |
| The Lawsuit | |
| Lawyer Douglass's Plea | |
| Arrival of the Missing Witness | |
| Sister Martha's Wedding | |
| The Germ of the Wild West Show | |
| An Experience with Hard Cider | |
| Off for Fort Bridger | |
| Raided by Danites | |
| Winter Quarters and Short Rations | |
| p. 41 | |
| Hemmed in by Indians | |
| The Dead-Mule Barricade | |
| A Dream that Saved Three Lives | |
| Sister Martha's Death | |
| Will Goes to School | |
| Turk's Rescue of His Master | |
| The Fight with Steve Gobel | |
| Off for the Plains Again | |
| p. 51 | |
| The Valley Grove House | |
| A Trapping Expedition and a Brush with Indians | |
| A Cave of Horrors | |
| The Death and Burial of Turk | |
| A Mild Attack of Gold Fever | |
| Will as a Pony Express Rider | |
| p. 61 | |
| The Pony Express is "Held Up" | |
| Another Trapping Expedition | |
| Fight with a Bear | |
| A Broken Leg | |
| Alone in the Dugout | |
| An Indian Visit and a Touch of Auld Lang Syne | |
| A Desperate Situation | |
| An Eleventh-Hour Rescue | |
| Home Again | |
| Death of Dave Phillips | |
| p. 68 | |
| Echoes from Sumter | |
| A Station on the Underground Railway | |
| Uncle Tom and his Sufferings | |
| Will Drops his First Buffalo, and Saves a Life | |
| With the Pony Express Again | |
| California Joe | |
| Indian Troubles | |
| Wild Bill | |
| p. 76 | |
| The Work of the "Black Water," and the Retribution | |
| A Short but Dashing Indian Campaign | |
| A Bear Hunt without a Bear | |
| In a Den of Horse Thieves | |
| What came of Picking up Sage Hens | |
| Government Freighting | |
| p. 84 | |
| The Mother's Last Illness | |
| Her Charge to the Writer | |
| Last Message for Will and Julia | |
| Her Death | |
| p. 88 | |
| A Frontier Funeral | |
| Off to the War | |
| Will as Dispatch Bearer | |
| An Ambuscade that Failed | |
| Death of Ed. Norcross | |
| An Economical Administrator and a Lesson in Economy | |
| Will Reports for "Secret Service" | |
| A Perilous Mission | |
| p. 98 | |
| The Role of a Spy | |
| In the Lion's Den | |
| A Ride for Life | |
| Indian Trouble on the Old Santa Fe Trail | |
| Will's First Big Battle | |
| Wild Bill Again | |
| Bread Cast Upon the Waters | |
| Colonel Hickok's Daring Dash | |
| p. 109 | |
| A St. Louis Detail | |
| The Fair Equestrienne | |
| A Rescue and a Betrothal | |
| The Overland Stage Route | |
| Will as a Driver | |
| Another Race for Life | |
| Turnabout at "Holding Up" is Fair Play | |
| p. 120 | |
| The Wedding | |
| Will Turns Landlord | |
| First Effort as an Individual Freighter and its Disastrous Ending | |
| Scouting at Fort Fletcher | |
| The Meeting with General Custer | |
| The Mouse-Colored Mule | |
| A Voice in the Night | |
| "The Colored Troops Fight Nobly" | |
| The City of Rome | |
| p. 134 | |
| How the Sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" Was Won | |
| The Remarkable Performances of Brigham and Lucretia Borgia | |
| A Contest of Skill in Buffalo Hunting | |
| Will Returns to Scouting | |
| A Dangerous Ride | |
| A Tricky Mule, and What Happened to It | |
| p. 142 | |
| Satanta, Chief of the Kiowas | |
| Scout Cody is Captured and Tomahawked "for a Joke" | |
| A Stern Chase | |
| One Way of Bringing Meat into Camp | |
| General Carr's Expedition | |
| A Big Battle with the Redskins | |
| p. 151 | |
| At Fort McPherson | |
| Pawnee Scouts | |
| "Buckskin Joe" | |
| The Campaign Against the Sioux | |
| The Stand in the Ravine | |
| A Long Shot, and the Fall of Tall Bull | |
| His Widow's Sentiments | |
| p. 157 | |
| Army Life at Fort McPherson | |
| A Buffalo Hunt, and What Came of It | |
| "William F. Cody, Justice of the Peace" | |
| The Beacon on the Hill-top | |
| Ned Buntline | |
| The Sioux Legend of the Creation | |
| The Great Spirit's Masterpiece | |
| p. 167 | |
| Another Marriage | |
| A Lodge in the Wilderness | |
| An Indian Raid and the Death of Little John | |
| Frontier Banking | |
| A Mirage | |
| Smoked Out | |
| General Duncan's Expedition | |
| Distinguished Visitors | |
| A Visit to Spotted Tail | |
| p. 176 | |
| The Hunt of the Grand Duke Alexis | |
| Ride to be Remembered | |
| Journey to the East | |
| A Call for a Dramatic Hero | |
| Social Obligations | |
| Will Plays Lucullus, and is Staggered by the Cost Thereof | |
| A Visit to Pennsylvania Relatives | |
| p. 183 | |
| Stolen Horses | |
| Will is Elected to the Nebraska Legislature | |
| A Theatrical Venture | |
| Remarkable Performance of "The Scout of the Plains" | |
| Wild Bill Grows Restless | |
| Will Organizes a Theatrical Company of his Own | |
| Death of Kit Carson Cody | |
| p. 192 | |
| The Sioux Uprising of '76 | |
| Sitting Bull the Cause of the War | |
| Custer's Campaign | |
| The Fifth Cavalry's Brush with Cheyennes | |
| A Prairie Duel | |
| The Sioux War on the Mimic Stage | |
| "Scouts Rest Ranch" | |
| An Oasis in the Desert | |
| p. 200 | |
| Literary Work | |
| Colonel Cody's Autobiography | |
| Guests at North Platte | |
| A Deer Hunt | |
| Why the Fawn Went Free | |
| The Ranch on the Dismal River | |
| Nine Days Camp in the Foothills | |
| An Estimate of Colonel Cody's Success as an Actor | |
| p. 210 | |
| First Visit to the Valley of the Big Horn | |
| An Indian Description of Eithity Tugala, the Ijis of the Red Man | |
| Colonel Cody's Account of the Beauties of the Big Horn Basin | |
| The Haunted Lake | |
| The Commands of the Great Spirit from an Indian Point of View | |
| p. 218 | |
| Organization of the "Wild West Show" | |
| Opening at Omaha | |
| Tour of Great Britain | |
| Spectacular Effects | |
| In London | |
| Luncheon in Honor of Gladstone | |
| Patronage of Royalty | |
| The Queen's Salute to the American flag | |
| The Deadwood Coach | |
| Indian Breakfasts | |
| Homeward Bound | |
| p. 229 | |
| Return of the Wild West Show to America | |
| A Letter from W. T. Sherman | |
| The Season on Staten Island | |
| An Invitation to Lead in Prayer | |
| Off for Europe Again | |
| The Sojourn in Paris | |
| Rosa Bonheur | |
| Pope Leo's Anniversary | |
| The Cowboys Show the Italians Some Points in Horse Taming | |
| Tour of Germany | |
| p. 237 | |
| Return to America | |
| The Sioux Uprising of '91 | |
| Influence Exerted Over the Indians by the Wild West Show | |
| Will's Opinion of General Miles | |
| Banquet in Honor of the General | |
| Burning of "Welcome Wigwam" | |
| Back to Europe | |
| End of the Foreign Tour | |
| p. 243 | |
| A Thousand Miles in the Saddle with "Buffalo Bill" | |
| The Garden of the Gods" | |
| Preparations for the World's Fair | |
| "The Congress of Rough Riders" | |
| Newspaper Enterprise in Duluth | |
| Cody Sanatorium | |
| p. 250 | |
| "The Tented City" | |
| An Incident in a Boston Hospital | |
| The Wild West Visits North Platte | |
| Cody Day at the Omaha Exposition | |
| A Reunion of Pioneers | |
| p. 261 | |
| The Taming of the Wild West | |
| Grass | |
| Grown Trails and Hoary Landmarks | |
| The Trails of Steel | |
| Old and New Modes of Travel Contrasted | |
| The Buffalo | |
| The Indian | |
| The "Last of the Scouts" | |
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