Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1890 — The Original Buffalo Bill. [ARTICLE]

The Original Buffalo Bill.

There is probably no better known rame throughout the entire length and breadth of this country than that, of Buffalo Bill, and at this time there are but few who do not know that William F. Cody is the bearer of the title. Mr. Cody, however, is not the original Buffalo Bill. There is nothing underhand or illegitimate in his bearing it. He is fully entitled to it, but for all that he comes by it secondhanded. The original Buffalo Bill is now living, an aged, wealthy, prominent and highly respected citizen, and the president of a savings bank at Wichita, Kan. His name is William Mattewson. 1 ears ago Mr. Mattheweon was a bold frontiersman on the plains, engaged in hunting and trapping for a living. He supplied the forts in Kansas and Nebraska with buffalo, and his success in this work was so great that he was given the title of Buffalo Bill. During this time he engaged a bov to work for him, and the lad was so "diligent and faithful that he remained in Matthewson’s employ until the latter quit the business to settle down to a more quiet life. As a reward the employer turned over the hunting contracts to,the employe, who then followed in his late master’s footsteps. That he was successful, that he earned honor, fame and wealth for himself cannot be denied when it is told that his name is William F. Cody. With tile business rights he was given the title his former employer had borne. The world knows he has kept it bright, and lhat neither stain nor tarnish has touched it. —Chicago Herald. Catch the bear before you sell hi* eta'w.