Part 26 (1/2)

On my arrival at Omaha I was met by a number of friends who had heard of my expected descent on New York They drove me at once to the United States Court, where e Dundee, was on the bench The e rapped loudly with his gavel and said:

”This court is adjourned while Cody is in town” He joined the party, and we ed inthere, I was met at the depot by Colonel MV Sheridan, brother of General Philip Sheridan, my old friend and fellonseneral, was living in a beautiful house on Michigan Avenue There I met a number of the old officers ho the wonderful overcoat that had been given me by the Grand Duke Alexis, and it was a source of continuous adnificent gareneral's Michigan Avenue mansion was new to me; never before had I seen such vast roos

It was necessary to show as was turned on and off, and how the water flowed in the bathroo pity on me, escorted me to a barroo of a cocktail, a nuo papers came in They had been told of my visit and pliedI found that I had had adventures that up to that ti I had h society, and it proved ht I had ever taken part in

Finding I had no proper raiiven indepart suit

The general's valet assistedbrown hair still flowed down over o to the barber's and have it sheared before I made a public appearance, but General Sheridan would not hear of this He insisted that I crownhat, but here I was adao to the party at all

The ball was held at the Riverside Hotel, which was then one of the fashi+onable hostelries of Chicago When I was escorted in, I was told to give the colored boy my hat and coat--to this I violently objected

I prized the coat beyond all my earthly possessions and intended to take no chances with it I was finally persuaded that the boy was a responsible earment

Then I suffered myself to be led into the ballroom Here I met a bevy of theeveryclothes, I bowed to theeneral's request that I join in the next dance I entered a firot up an old-fashi+oned quadrille for h it As soon as it was over, I hurriedly escorted my fair partner to her seat, then I quickly made my way to the barrooht He stowed me away in a corner behind the icebox and in that corner I reeneral and his friends came down to ” aloud what had become of ed froeneral and explained to hiebrush If New York were like Chicago, I wanted to be excused But he insisted that I continuehe thrust el, an official of the Pull a private party to the East

Two ofcompanions, JB Heckscher and Colonel Schuyler Crosby, met me at the station and drove ht I was told to put onclothes and accompany them to a theater Heckscher was very o clawhammer that had been purchased for ht,” he said, ”but tomorrow I'll send you to entleman to wear”

We sain Booth in a Shakespearean play I was told that allfriends would joinI was up at seven o'clock and waiting for theuests arrived I was nearly famished, but did not dare eat until the company should be assembled About eleven o'clock, when I was practically starved, Mr Heckscher turned up I asked him what time they usually had breakfast in New York and he said about half-past twelve or any tientlemen all made their appearance and were somewhat astonished at the amount of breakfast I stoay, until they were told that I had been fasting since seven o'clock thatmy visit to New York, I was taken by Mr James Gordon Bennett to Niblo's Garden, where I saw ”The Black Crook” We witnessed the performance from a private box and my breath was fairly taken ahen the curtain went up on the fifth act Needless to say, that was the first tiht it the azed upon

The remainder of my visit in New York was spent in a series of dinners and theater parties I was entertained in the house of each gentleman who had been with me on the hunt I had the tih life I could stand for the ti I set out for Westchester, Pa, to find the only relative I knew in the East My mother was born in Germantown Her sister had married one Henry R Guss, of Westchester

I found on reaching Westchester thatthe Civil War title of general I found his hohted to see me An old lady, as a randmother His first wife, my Aunt Eliza, was dead, and he had married a second tie Guss, who had been in the ar the Civil War

It was not until we had talked of old family connections for an hour or more that they discovered that I was Buffalo Bill; then they simply flooded me with questions

Topeople of the family accompanied , so I gave them a card to Mr Palmer, of Niblo's Garden, and they all went to see ”The Black Crook”

When I reached the club I was given a telegrao He wanted uide the Third Cavalry, under General Reynolds, on aserious devastations and it was necessary to suppress theiven by Mr Bennett, I told my New York friends that I would have to leave for the West the next day When the party broke up I went directly to the Albemarle Hotel and toldfor Westchester There I would remain twenty-four hours

When we reached Westchester, ed a fox hunt for the next , and that all the people in the town and vicinity would be present They wanted to see a real scout and plainsentlemen, splendidly mounted, appeared in front of my uncle's residence At that time Westchester possessed the best pack of fox hounds in America Captain Trainer, master of the hounds, provided me with a spirited horse which had on a little sheepskin saddle of a kind on which I had never ridden I was familiar neither with the horse, the saddle, the hounds, nor fox-hunting, and was extremely nervous I would have backed out if I could, but I couldn't, so I alloped easily along for perhaps aa very tame sport indeed when suddenly the hounds started off on a trail, all barking at once The master of the hounds and several of the other riders struck off across country on the trail, taking fences and stone walls at full gallop

I noticed that entleait The eyes of the spectators were all on me I don't knohat they expected me to do, but at any rate they were disappointed To their ust I stayed with the people on the road

Shortly we came to a tavern and I went in and nerved myself with a stiff drink, also I had a bottle filled with liquid courage, which I took along witha second fiasco impossible I took three alloped away and soon overtook the hunters

The first trail of the hounds had proved false Two miles further on they struck a true trail and away they went at full cry I had now got used to the saddle and the gait of my horse I also had prepared ht offer

The MFH began taking stone walls and hedges and I took every one that he did Across the country ent and nothing stopped or daunted ht to earth I was in at the death and was given the honor of keeping the brush

At two o'clock that afternoon I took my departure for the West Mr