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is Roger McGrath, author of Gunfighters Haumen and Vigilantes. He's a U.S. Marine and former history professor at UCLA, and he's appeared on numerous History Channel documentaries. He's also a regular contributor for us here at Our American Stories. Take it away, McGrath.
Uh While Bill Hickok was a gunfighter and lawman of legendary proportions in the Old West, Who also served as a scout for the U.S. Army during the Civil War. and later during the Indian Wars. Nearly everything he did in his adult life commanded attention. Even the hand of cards he was holding when shot to death in a Deadwood saloon.
In the 1870s, No Western figure was better known. He's the subject of hundreds of articles and books. A half dozen movies have been made about his life. most notably The Planesman, starring Gary Cooper. and recently Wild Bill, starring Jeff Bridges.
There is also a television series. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok. which ran for eight seasons and starred Guy Madison. While Bill Hickok is born James Butler Hickcock, in 1837 in Homer, Illinois. a small town eighty miles west of Chicago.
The town later changes its name to Troy Grove. James's God-fearing Christian parents. are abolitionists. who risk their lives by turning their home into a station for slaves along the Underground Railroad. It is during this time that the lean and wiry young man gets his first taste of hostile gunfire.
when he and his father are chased by law officers who suspect them of carrying more than just hay in their wagon. A danger of freeing slaves makes a lasting impression on young James. giving him a fearlessness. that begins to define him as a man. James helps the family.
which also includes three older brothers and two younger sisters. More by his hunting than by By his laboring on the farm. From a young age, James is fond of guns and through natural talent and regular practice becomes a crack shot. He also develops the ability to shoot a handgun equally well with either hand. James is a voracious reader.
and consumes everything he can. about America's Fiercely independent frontier heroes. Especially Daniel Boone and Kit Carson. James Butler Hickcock heads west himself to Kansas Territory in 1856. Kansas is a battleground between settlers from Illinois and other northern states.
who ought to prohibit slavery there. And southerners Mostly from Missouri and Arkansas. who want to establish slavery in the new territory. Hickock, who continues his abolitionist ways, joins Jim Lane's Free State Army. to battle what the Free Staters call the border ruffians.
who have crossed into Kansas from Missouri to attack anti-slavery settlers. Kansas becomes bleeding in Kansas, a prelude to this civil war. In eighteen fifty eight, Hickock is elected constable of the town of Monticello in the northeastern corner of Kansas. Hitcock is now 21 years old. And it is described as 6'1 and 180 pounds, with auburn hair and blue-gray eyes.
For his size he has small, almost delicate hands. He has great dexterity. and can draw a handgun and manipulate its hammer and trigger. with precision and quickness that astonish witnesses. He serves as constable for a year.
and then goes to work driving freight wagons and stagecoaches for the famous firm of Russells, Majors and Waddell. the founders of the Pony Express. In July eighteen sixty one, 24-year-old Hickcock is at the Rock Creek Station. Tiny stop on the Pony Express. when David McCandless comes to the station to collect a debt from the company.
McAndlis calls on the station manager, Horace Wellman, to come out with the money. McAndalis, who nicknames Hickcock Duck Bill, says if Hickcock is supporting Welmut, he will come inside and drag them both out. Here's old West historians Paul Hutton and Marshall Trimbold. The station was owned by a tough local character who had southern sympathies by the name of David McCandless, and the Pony Express Company hadn't been paying their rent. McCandless was always coming around and harassing the people at the station.
So there was animosity between David McCantless and Wild Bill Hicko, and McAntlis was a bully. Hickock's distaste for boys. Began with his participation in the Underground Railroad and continues with a chance encounter in 1857. with an 11-year-old boy named Bill Cody. who history will remember as Buffalo Bill.
Cody first meets Hickok on a driving trip to Salt Lake City. when Cody is an extra hand for Russell, Majors, and Waddell, And Hickcock is a teamster. During the trip, one of the other Teamsters berates and bullies the young Cody. until the boy retaliates by throwing a pot of hot coffee into the teamster's face. The teamster reacts instantly.
Cody describes what happens next in his autobiography. He sprang for me with the ferocity of a tiger and would undoubtedly. Have torn me to pieces had it not been for the timely interference of my newfound friend, Wild Bill, who knocked the man down. As soon as he recovered himself, he demanded of Wild Bill what business it was of his that he should put in his ore. It's my business to protect that boy or anybody else from being unmercifully abused, kicked, and cuffed.
and I'll whip any man who tries it on. said Wild Bill. And if you ever again lay a hand on that boy, Little Billy there. I'll give you such a pounding that you won't get over it for a month of Sundays. From that time forward, While Bill was my protector and intimate friend, And the friendship.
thus begun, continued until his death. Here's Criminal Justice Professor Arnett Gaston. Hiccott's sense of justice, greatly influenced by his spirits, caused him To get into situations where he should always stand up for right, he was a defender of the downtrodden. He was a defender of those who couldn't defend himself. And all this added to his horror.
Originally from the mountains of North Carolina, McAllis is large and powerful. and some weeks earlier had easily thrown Hickok to the ground in what was described as a friendly wrestling match. Hickcock doesn't give McCandless a chance to do so again. As McAndlis steps through the station's doorway, Kitcock fires a rifle. A bullet pierces McCandless's heart.
and he is blown backwards, falling to the ground dead. Two members. of the McAndlis gang. They now run to the station. Horace Wellman shoots Woods and the Woods staggers back and falls to the ground.
Willman's wife runs outside and finishes off Woods by hacking him with a hoe. Hickcock shoots Gordon, but he somehow runs to a nearby creek. Hitcock and several station employees track him down and shoot him to death with a shotgun. Six years later, a fanciful article appears in Harper's Magazine. describing how Hickock Single-handedly fought and defeated David McAndlis and his ten-man gang of border ruffians.
He becomes a national hero overnight. Here's Old West historian Marcus Huff. Harper's Weekly was essentially the internet of the West. I mean, everyone read it, it was everywhere, and it was the news. To not only have a story about yourself in there, but illustrations.
It was fantastic for Hickok, professionally. And you've been listening to Roger McGrath and some other noted historians telling the story of Wild Bill Hickok, how he got the name Bill from James. But most importantly, an early childhood experience with danger, the right kind of danger, the heroic kind. that may have been indeed the thing, the single thing. It explains who Wild Bill is.
was. His parents, well, they were using their home. as an escape portal and part of the Underground Railroad. More of the story of Wild Bill Hickcock. Here.
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is Roger McGrath. Hickok leaves the Rock Creek station two weeks after the shooting. And travels to Fort Leavenworth to continue the family tradition of fighting against slavery. and volunteers as a scout in the Union Army. It's at this time that Hitcock develops his signature cavalry-style reverse draw.
or twist draw. That will make him famous. Hickok next leads a Union wagon train from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. To Sedalia, Missouri. Confederate guerrillas attacked the wagon train.
and Hickcock barely escapes being captured. It's about this time he earns his nickname Wild Bill. Legend says he stops a bartender from being lynched after a saloon brawl in Independence, Missouri. A woman in the crowd applauds his action and yells, Good for you, Wild Bill. Here's Old West's historian.
Chris Ince. Bill Hickcock was so pretty, it hurts. He was a very compassionate man. He was a decent man. His eyes would reflect that compassion.
But if you ever challenged him, he could stare down a rattlesnake. Hickock carries dispatches through heavy fire for the Union forces. during the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas in 1862. The Union victory there ensures Missouri will remain in the Union. In April 1865, After four years, with over six hundred and twenty thousand killed, and nearly a million more wounded, captured, or missing.
Hickock tries his luck and As a gambler. In Springfield, Missouri, Hickok finds himself losing heavily in a poker game to Davis Tutt. A former Confederate soldier turned professional gambler. who's commonly known as Dave. Hitcock gives Tud a valuable watch as collateral for his gambling debts.
Here's Andrew Nelson. He warns Tut he does not want to see him walking around with that watch.
So, what does Tut do the next day? He walks around with the watch. What happens next has been the basis for countless legends about old West gunfights. Tut appears on one side of Springfield's town square. Hiccock on the other.
What follows will later be made iconic by countless dime novels, radio and television dramas such as Gunsmoke, and Western films such as How. High noon. at a distance. of about 75 yards. Pickock stops and calls out.
Dave, here I am. They draw their guns and fire simultaneously. Hickox Round. Drills tut in the heart. The cut calls out Boys, I'm killed.
and drops to the ground dead. Mm-hmm. When newspapers publish reports of the shootout, It's the first time the name Wild Bill is used in print. Hitcock's legend as a gunfighter skyrockets. After a coroner's jury declares it Dave, tut, had died at the hands of James Butler Hickcock.
Wilde Bill is arrested on a charge of manslaughter. He posts bail and pleads not guilty at an initial court hearing. In the trial. Hickcock's attorney argues self-defense. The prosecutor Argues Hitcock could have avoided the fight.
The jury is out only 10 minutes. and returns a verdict of Not guilty. In 1866, Hitcock is summoned to Fort Riley, Kansas, by a Civil War friend, Captain R.B. Owen. who recommends Hickok for an appointment as a U.S.
Deputy Marshal. Hickott becomes a deputy marshal and spends a year hunting horse thieves, counterfeiters, deserters, and other such miscreants. He also does some duty as an Army scout. It's while Hickok is at Fort Riley, that he reconnects with William Cody.
soon to be known as Buffalo Bill. Cody is serving as a government detective and Army scout. On January 1st, 1867. Hickok begins scouting the frontier for one of the finest cavalry commanders of the Civil War, the boy general of the Michigan Volunteers, George Custer. Custer is now a lieutenant colonel in the regulars and commander of the famous 7th Cavalry.
Guster calls Hickock his best scout. and says he is the consummate planesman. Guster's wife the fetching Libby custer later said of Hickcock. Physically he was a delight to look upon. tall, lithe, and free in every motion.
He rode and walked as if every muscle was perfection. and the careless swing of his body as he moved seemed perfectly in keeping with the man. the country, and the time in which he lived. Hickcock can ride trail and track. and he's not only a cracked shot, but also extraordinary with handguns.
He practices with his guns whenever possible. and he disassembles and cleans them daily. It can hit several objects thrown in the air at the same time. Firing with a gun in each hand. But it's one thing to shoot at targets.
It's another thing. to shoot at a man who's trying to kill you. In the face of fire, Pickcock is not only one of the fastest, but one of the most deadly accurate shootists. who have ever lived. In July 1867, appears the first dime novel about Hitcock.
Wild Bill the Indian Slayer. There is some truth in this because as a scout he fights and kills Indians and will continue to do so through 1868 and well into 1869. He has several close calls. In one fight a Cheyenne warrior drives a lance into Hickcock's thigh. But fame often has a lot of sharp edges and has to be handled carefully.
there's always the threat of some low life trying to earn his spurs. In August 1869, Hickcock is elected sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas. The county's largest town is Hayes City. A wild and woolly railroad stock. full of buffalo hunters and teamsters.
and soldier from nearby Fort Hayes. One writer referred to it as the Sodom of the Plains. Here is Marcus Huff and historian David Eisenbach. Hay City was a hotbed of youthful indiscretion. It was a cattle town railhead.
You had a lot of guys coming there to spend their money. It was fairly lawless until uh uh hitgot came around. Once you acquire this international fame, which he did, of being the quickest shot. you know, in the West. you're gonna get some jerk who wants to make a name for himself by taking you down.
He is sheriff only a few days when he confronts Hellraiser Bill Mulvey. Who's drunk? waving his gun about, and challenging others to fight. Hickock shoots him to death. A month later, Hickok puts two bullets into the head of Sam Strawn under similar circumstances.
Hickock's quick to shoot policy. loses him a reelection bid in november eighteen sixty nine. Hitcock remains in Hayes City. Again, Trying his luck as a gambler. is drinking In one of the saloons when two troopers of Custer's 7th Cavalry Suddenly it costs the legendary gunslinger.
In the ensuing struggle, One of the troopers presses a gun to Hitcock's ear and pulls the trigger. but the Remington 44 fails to fire. Hickox Colt Navy 38 does fire, and the soldier is mortally wounded. Pick up wounds a second soldier with a shot to the knee. Hickok then springs to his feet and smashes through a window into the night.
Never again. to appear in Hayes City. And you've been listening to Roger McGrath tell the story of Wild Bill Hickok. And just as Hickok would do, he ends up in bloody Kansas. Of course, this is where the struggle and the fight.
Over slavery reaches its apex, and this is just years before the Civil War. Where Hickcock ably serves, and then of course, what to do after the war. And there he is back as a constable. And he earns this reputation as one of the fastest and most accurate guns in the West. But a lot of punks, McGrath noted.
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Let's pick up where we last left off. with Roger McGrath. In April 1871, Hickok becomes City Marshal of Abilene, Kansas. Hebling is the first of the famous Kansas cattle towns. Here's Paul Hutton and Andrew Nelson.
Abilene had a reputation as being the roughest of all the cattle towns. It was end of trail for the herds coming north from Texas. Everyone's fueled on alcohol, of course, and somebody has to keep the peace. And that's Wild Bill Hitcock.
So, this is an interesting moment in American history where a burgeoning society recognizes that it needs to remove the unsavory element. Yeah. But how do you do that?
Well, you need to find someone who has one foot in both worlds, who can travel in both circles. Most of the cowboys who drive the herds from Texas To the Abilene Railhead, or Confederate veterans or the sons of Confederate veterans. After months on the trail, and with the payoff in their pockets, they intend to have fun. Your inveterate Hickok is at odds with them. It's a highly volatile situation with great potential for violence.
Confederate veteran and Texan. Phil Cobe is a giant of a man for his era, 6'4 and 225 pounds. He has problems with Hickok from the day he arrives in Abilee. mostly over the way he, Co., operates his saloon, the Bull's Head Tavern. Goad upset the town with a saloon advertisement.
painted on the side of the building. A drain of a bull with a massive erect phallus. Wild Bill painted over it. and Coe swore revenge. Problems further escalate.
When Hickcock and Co. begin to court the same woman. On an October night. in eighteen seventy one. Coe and several of his Texas friends are drinking in the Alamo Saloon.
Their revelry spells into the street, and Coke draws his gun and fires into the air.
Sound of the gunfire brings Hickcock on the run. And he demands to know who fired the shot. Coe says he fired at a stray dog who tried to bite him. Just shooting at it. Straight up!
I don't care what you're shooting at, Phil. The law says no guns in town. Hickcock demands Coe's gun. Ko either hesitates to comply Or refuses, depending on the witness. And Hickok immediately draws both pistols and fires.
Ko is hit in the stomach and collapses. A second later. Kickok catches movement out of the corner of his eye and spins and fires twice more. The bullets tear into Mike Williams, Hickock's own deputy. who is rushing to Hickcock's aid.
Williams dies on the spot. The death haunts Hickok for the rest of his life.
Meanwhile, Ko, in terrible pain, struggles for several days and dies. Two months later, Abilene's city council relieves Hickok of his duties. And he again. Returns to gambling. Hitcock drifts across the West for the better part of a year.
It's said he drinks too much and wins too little. It's here Buffalo Bill finds him. In September, eighteen seventy three, Buffalo Bill hires his old friend to perform in Cody's theatrical productions, Scouts of the Plains, and Buffalo Bill, King of the Borderman. Hickcock is well paid, but he hates appearing on stage. and often stammers or forgets his lines.
is embarrassed by the histrionic melodrama and false heroics. He is a man of action, not words. He quits in March eighteen seventy four. Back to the high plains goes Hickcock. He spends much of his time in the railroad town of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
In its year, in february, eighteen seventy six, Then he marries Agnes Lake. Hiccock honeymoon's with Agnes in her hometown in Cincinnati. but he then heads west to the newest mining boomtown, Deadwood. in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory. Two years earlier.
it was General Custer on a special expedition who discovered gold in the Black Hills. Hickcock arrives in Deadwood. In July 1876, and bumps into many of his old friends. Mining's not for him, though. and he spends most of his time gambling in saloons.
I don't think you could have found any place more vile than Deadwood, South Dakota. It just was a place that had no law. He had people stealing from one another. He had people jumping one another. There are people that are being killed in a very violent way.
We had all of this going on. And in this scene, you find Walbo Hitcock. Your call. Shortly after noon on August 2, 1876, as America's celebrating its hundredth anniversary. Pickock strolls into the number 10 saloon.
and joins a poker game in progress. Hickcock asks Charles Rich who is seated in a chair against the wall, to exchange seats with him. Rich only laughs and tells Wild Bill not to worry. Nobody is gunning for him. A few minutes later.
Kickok repeats the request. And this time all the poker players, Carl Mann, William Massey, and Charles Rich begin ribbing Hitcock. for his excessive caution. A drifter named Jack McCall enters a saloon. It draws no attention.
He had been in the number ten only the night before, Losing all the money he had on him in a card game to Hitcock and others. Get some rest, take it easy. Here, have some breakfast on me. Here again is Marshall Trimble and Chris Entz. McCall's offended that Hickok has given him money to go and get something to eat and calm down, but McCall isn't having any of it.
Mm-hmm. While Bill Hickcock and Jack McCall were gambling one night, He was a a drifter, a ne'er do well, a loser. The guy's got a chip on his shoulder of some kind. McCall is just a punk looking for a way to start a fight with Walpole Hiccock. And that's precisely what he does.
Now McCall moves along the bar. Until he's behind Hickcock.
Well Bill of Tension on massey. a former steamboat captain on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Hickok is losing heavily to Massey. And Hickcock remarks, The old duffer, he broke me on the hand. Those are Hickcock's last words.
There's the explosion of a revolver. And McCall yells, Damn you, take that. Jack McCall is a drunk. He's somebody who's looking for a way of fast fame. McCall comes in and before Hancock knows it, takes his gun and shoots him in the back of the head.
Hitcock. face down on the table. And he's dead. After Hickok died, With aces and eights in his hand. That hand becomes a powerful symbol in Western literature and film that writers and filmmakers use to signal.
that death is at hand. Thirty nine-year-old Hickcock outlives his close friend, George Custer. By less than two months. Guster had earlier fallen at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Captain Jack Crawford recalls of his friend Hickok.
He was loyal in his friendship. generous to a fault. and invariably espouse the cause of the weaker against the stronger. in a quarrel. Hickok is buried in Deadwood Cemetery with the inscription.
Wild Bill Killed by the assassin. Jack recalling. McCall is tried in Deadwoods Miners Court. A surprising number of character witnesses appear on behalf of McCall, saying he's a quiet, peaceable man. that Hitcock had earlier threatened to kill.
Hickcock is called one of the premier gunfighters of the frontier. who is quick to shoot. without giving an opponent a chance. The jury finds the defendant Not guilty. Bagal leaves for Cheyenne in Laramie City.
He doesn't go far enough. The first trial is declared not binding. because Deadwood is technically on the Sioux Reservation. and the Deadwoods Miners' Court and its proceedings are therefore extra legal. McCall is arrested again.
and this time tried in Yankton, Dakota Territory. This time he's found guilty of murder and hanged. Yeah. McCall becomes a footnote in history. While Bill becomes a legend.
And a terrific job on the production, editing, and storytelling by our own Greg Hengler. And a special thanks to Roger McGrath. He's the author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes, Violence on the Frontier. He has appeared on numerous History Channel documentaries. He's a regular contributor for us here at Our American Stories.
And what a story. What a life lived by Wild Phil. And my goodness, I'd love to see his resume. A stop here, a stop there, always danger, always defending the indefensible. And Wild Bill, well, he becomes a legend.
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