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  • Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
  • Date: September 1, 1906
  • Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West

Metz Germany [1]
Sep. 1st 1906 Dear George.

If nothing happens to prevent I will leave Wapiti [2] Oct 15th for a ten days hunt. I propose going up Elk fork get up on the Wapiti Ridge [4] and hunting the heads of Hard Pan [3] . Bob Cat on the south heds of Fish hawk [3] . Eagle [3] and up wapiti ridge to head of Ishawooa [5] & down to TE [6] . I will have but three or four particular friends with me. And I want you to be one of them I will send a Pack outfit to meet us at Wapiti starting from there Oct 15 th I hope to arrive in Cody Oct 10 th

Your old friend W. F. Cody

PS. I hope the Citizens of Cody are urgeing the building of the high line Canal which I have written about before

Germany is doing fine about $50000 a week-

Bill

Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Metz, Germany, September 1-2, 1906. [back]

Note 2: Wapiti is located twenty miles west of Cody, Wyoming, on the North Fork of the Shoshone River. [back]

Note 3: Elk Fork, Hard Pan, Bobcat, Fish Hawk, and Eagle are tributary creeks that feed the north and south forks of the Shoshone River west of Cody, Wyoming. [back]

Note 4: Wapiti Ridge lies between the north and south forks of the Shoshone River, west of Cody, Wyoming. [back]

Note 5: Ishawooa Creek is located on the South Fork of the Shoshone River. [back]

Note 6: TE Ranch, located on the South Fork of the Shoshone River, was owned by William F. Cody. [back]

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