Produced by Papeters, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE LIFE OF HON. WILLIAM F. CODY KNOWN AS BUFFALO BILL THE FAMOUS HUNTER, SCOUT AND GUIDE. _AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY_. 1879 To GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, THIS BOOK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. INTRODUCTORY. The life and adventures of Hon. William F. Cody–Buffalo