Title: Letter from William F. Cody to Samuel Stone "Buckskin Sam" Hall, May 9, 1879
Date: May 9 [1879]
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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North. Platte May. 9th [1]
My Dear Sam.
I wonder What Kind of an—ungrateful rooster you take me for. I have just returned from the Pacific slope. and found your letter awaiting me. I am quite ill and am writeing this in bed. Your poem was immense.
[2] please accept my thanks until you are better paid. I trust your health is better. I have been
very unfortunate with my cattle and horse business this season. had Sixty one head of horses stolen by the Indians and over a hundred head of cattle shot. besides have had the most severe winter ever knowen in this country. but cant tell the loss till after the round up.
Well Pard
As I am feeling so miserable I will close until I get better. Write me. North Platte Neb. And beleive me Your Friend.
Bill. Cody
Note 1: Cody did not include the year in the dateline of this letter, but contextual evidence points to the year 1879. See note 2 below. [back]
Note 2: Very likely the poem "Cody's Corral, or, the Scouts and the Sioux," which was later reprinted in programs for Buffalo Bill's Wild West as early as 1885. The 1885 program gave credit for the poem to "Buckskin Sam." In a letter to Hall dated May 23, 1879, Cody refers to the poem as "Cody's Corrall." [back]
Title: Letter from William F. Cody to Samuel Stone "Buckskin Sam" Hall, May 9, 1879
Source: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, MS6.0048a-b
Date: May 9 [1879]
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
People: Hall, Samuel Stone, 1838-1886
Place: North Platte (Neb.)
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