Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders. Col. W. F. Cody. (Buffalo Bill), President. Nate Salsbury. Vice-President & Manager.
of the World.
John M. Burke. General Manager.
Albert E. Sheible, Business Manager.
Jule Keen, Treasurer.
May 13 [2] My Dear George—
Bully for the Priests
Your two letters here has made me ten years younger. I am proud of you. I allways did like you. There now— You see I was getting it from allsides & I got nervous and feared you were not pushing fast enough— But I appriceate all you have to contend with— But light is dawning— I sent Alger $5000 this week this ought to take care of May 10th . I beleive in going a head with work put graders on below Townsite [3] — And put a force on the Red Bluffs [4] and lets go to it— Nothing risked nothing gained— I am trying to get Salsbury & Rumsey to go out at once.
Bill
Go to Em.
Without a Christopher Columbus where in hell would America have been Also the Basin
Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Louisville, Kentucky, May 13-14, 1896. The day's entry in the 1896 Route Diary: "Louisville, Ky. / Wednesday, May 13. Arrived in town at 4.30 A. M. Had a two-mile haul to lot. We put up every yard of canvas and every seat we had. Cowboy Ed Goodrich was thrown in the bucking act and secured three ugly scalp wounds. J. T. McCaddon returned this morning from Chicago. Our new buffalo calf commenced his show career to-day and went around the arena with its mother in the buffalo hunt, making quite a hit. J. G. Elgin, of B. & O. S. W. R. R., and Dr. H. Ray Cannon were guests of Fred Hutchinson. / Business in the afternoon good, in the evening big." [back]
Note 2: Cody does not inscribe the year but it is 1896 as determined by the Routes List. [back]
Note 3: Cody, Wyoming. [back]
Note 4: "Red Bluffs" refers to a hill formation to the south and west of Cody, Wyoming, that stands out among the other mountainous formations due to its red color. [back]
