Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Gladback [1]Sep. 8th / 06 Dear George—
Your letter came to day And as Geo. B. Harris [2] is so anxious to know what the people of Cody & my self are doing about the high line canal— I took the liberty of sending him your letter.
Well George— Yestarday Mr Geo. O. Starr [3] Presedent of the Barnum & Bailey Ltd. Co. came over from America to see me— About showing in America. And I signed the best show contract for Little Willie [4] that he has ever had— And the first good one I have ever had. Mr Starr left soon as the contract was signed for America to commence building an entire new outfit for me— 60 new cars— &c. I got L [5] in Hungary & Poland but have puled out in Germany.
Ill tell you all about it in the Rockies when we make our ten days hunt
Love to family. Kiss Betty [6] for me ColNote 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed at Monchengladbach, Germany, on September 8, 1906. Cody abbreviates the German city as "Gladback." [back]
Note 2: George B. Harris (1866-1918), second vice-president of the C. B. & Q. Railroad, became president of the company in 1901 until his resignation in 1910. [back]
Note 3: George O. Starr (1849-1915) began his show career in a dime museum in the Bowery, becoming the press agent for P. T. Barnum's circus in 1878; by 1905 he was general manager for Barnum & Bailey. [back]
Note 4: "Little Willie" is Cody's reference to himself. [back]
Note 5: Hell. [back]
Note 6: "Betty" refers to George Beck's daughter who was born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1898. [back]
