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Buffalo Bill Duel Story Questioned by Nebraska Historian
In Lincoln Nebraska AP report Dr Addison E Sheldon of the Nebraska Historical Society questions the Buffalo Bill Cody Yellow Hand duel claim as a press legend. Accounts cite Mrs Cody and others with scalp artifacts and letters from witnesses. The debate links to the June 1867 Little Bighorn context and Crooks forces.
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Lincoln, Neb
Buffalo Bill Cody
Yellow Hand
Buffalo Bill
William F. Cody
Denver
Addison E. Sheldon
Nebraska Historical Society
Associated Press
Cody
Little Big Horn
George Custer
Hat Creek
Wyoming
Pa- He- Haska
Sheldon
Robert Jenkinson Hicks
Rochester
N. Y
Peale
Cody Museum
Lookout Mountain
Forbes Parkhill
Otto Bock
Ottis E. Mann
Leavenworth
Kan
E. A. Carr
Custer
Crook
W. W. Carland
Los Angeles
George Crook
Bill Hickok
Milton Nobles
Wild Bill Hickok
Omaha
Hickok
Nobles
Willis
Yellow Hair
James Frew
Harrison
Ark
Frew
Carland