William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: William F. Cody with Lakota and Pawnee Indians

Buffalo Bill flanked by Pawnee warriors on the left and Lakota warriors on the right during the show's engagement at Erastina on Long Island in 1886. During the first visit of Buffalo Bill's Wild West to Europe the following year, the show employed primarily Lakota performers.

Title: William F. Cody with Lakota and Pawnee Indians

Keyword: American Indians

Date: 1886

ID: wfc.img.pht00077

Rights: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, the Dellenback Family Foundation, Adrienne & John Mars, and Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate.

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118

The William F. Cody Archive, Buffalo Bill Center of the West and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published under a Creative Commons License.

The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: William F. Cody with Lakota and Pawnee Indians