acquired about four years ago and originally belonged to moses maner a comment medicine for buffalo bill cody, who was from the la crosse, wisconsin area, where he met buffalo bill, and for two years, he traveled with the group, taking care of the indians. we have no knowledge as to why he left this medicine chest, but it was left in a barn, it was found just a few years ago and all of the original things that he used, medicines were in the chest and we haven't on display to and it is just phenomenal see all the different types of things that he used for medicines. decker, he and his wife are both winnebago indians, but we also know that he was very well-educated and the labels on the individual files and jars areiles all in england in old cursive and all of the ingredients you see are all the original ingredients. none of the jars of ever been opened. so we know that he had been educated somewhere. arealso within the trunk things like fans and buffalo tales and rattles and so we feel like he understood that in taking care of the indians of the buffalo bill troop, there were many different as

they shook hands and then cody made this incredible speech to everybody describing buffalo bill as the napoleon and his people in the great native american figure and he was urging all the spectators to give sitting bull his do. it was an important speech, not that everybody followed cody's command. as they traveled around the country, sitting bull was often blue the data in his experiences, sometimes was warmly welcomed but was still regarded by a lot of people as public enemy number one, the guy who killed custer, a big deal for these two men to coming together, people excoriated cody for having his show and exploiting native americans, but also providing them off of the reservation and acknowledging their humanity and their achievements in battle when she respected so it the end of this four month. co-sitting bull was homesick for standing rock and not having met the grandfather although gotten very close and having seen enough of the white man's world he wanted to go home. and i want to point out, did not participate in any reenactments in the show but only rode around the arena on

there, apparently he had to wait for some time for cody to acknowledge him and invite him onto the field. and then when it finally happened, buffalo bill'sadvance man, arizona john burke -- this very flamboyant character who looked a lot like cody but was nowhere really as charismatic but did a lot of his, did a lot of the advance work -- he took, he guided sitting bull onto the field where cody was waiting for him and announced, chief, i think we've got him. and according to the reporter, cody was a little bit humbled by the moment. you know, he was a big guy, very handsome, very powerful and by that i mean, you know, he had a lot of -- if you've ever been in the circle of somebody who has nothing but charisma and then some, you know, it's or very mesmerizing and, you know, it can stop you in your tracks. but apparently cody was stopped in his tracks by sitting bull who had an equal, who had that kind of impact on people too. and cody even was over six feet, he even appeared to, like, shrink down a little bit in stature when sitting bull approached. and the two men kind of waited or hesitated for a moment or two, and then cody extended

belonged to a medicine man for buffalo bill cody. areas from the wisconsin where he met buffalo bill. for two years he traveled with the group, taking care of the indians. we have no knowledge like a left this medicine chest, it was found a few years ago. things that hel used -- medicines were used in this chest. we have it on display now. it is just phenomenal to see all the different types of things that he used for medicine. wife were bothis indians. we also know from the chest, he was very well-educated. individualon the vials and jars are all in english. they are all in old cursive. those are all the original ingredients. none of the charges have been opened. we know he had been educated somewhere. in the trunk, there are things like buffalo tales, rattles, we think he understood that in taking care of the indians of the buffalo bill true. there were many different aspects he had to relate to. what is not traditional to us, and the way of medical care. a group of indians that lived about six miles not that here up to springfield.

there, apparently he had to wait for some time for cody to acknowledge him and invite him onto the field. and then when it finally happened, buffalo bill's advance man, arizona john burke -- this very flamboyant character who looked a lot like cody but was nowhere really as charismatic but did a lot of his, did a lot of the advance work -- he took, he guided sitting bull onto the field where cody was waiting for him and announced, chief, i think we've got him. and according to the reporter, cody was a little bit humbled by the moment. you know, he was a big guy, very handsome, very powerful and by that i mean, you know, he had a lot of -- if you've ever been in the circle of somebody who has nothing but charisma and then some, you know, it's or very mesmerizing and, you know, it can stop you in your tracks. but apparently cody was stopped in his tracks by sitting bull who had an equal, who had that kind of impact on people too. and cody even was over six feet, he even appeared to, like, shrink down a little bit in stature when sitting bull approached. and the two men kind of waited or hesitated for a moment or two, and then cody extended

buffalo. i'm sure it was translated and he had to have known the entirety and certainly knew that cody's name was buffalo bill and then i started to think about jokes, reporters follow him around as he traveled. he had an entourage and there were often reporters and ig started to wonder if they were making jokes about, hey chief, here we are in buffalo, what you think about that. it just seemed like hee was in a very strange and humiliating position. i want to reiterate that leaving erthe reservation for native americans and joining up with buffalo bill was not like this fantastic thing they could do. they were essentially prisoners of war and this is a way they could continue living the life that was banned within the limited frame. they were allowed to ride horses and reenacting moments in history but the cowboys were engaged in these reenactments which, weirdly enough had pretty much ended as cody's show was touring. here were all these cast members, americans including white and red men and some women, all these people were locked out and reenacting what has become the national scripture and the way i see

cody had given him as well. after sitting bull was killed buffalo bill brought the horse back from sitting bull's widows and accordingto some accounts road it in a parade and then the horse disappears from the record. it was the legend of the dancing horse that led me into the story of sitting bull and buffalo bill. and a portal opened into something else. strange voices coming through the portal. it was all strange, i told you. and other than the fact that he was my next story and it was calling and at some point down its trail. later i was i was well along the path i came across another image. it is now on the cover of this book and it captured my attention. it was taken for publicity purposes while sitting bull and buffalo bill were on tour in montrÉal and its caption, friends and 85, i began to imagine these two men on the road, sitting bull on the horse, crisscrossing the nation, visiting lands that belong to the lakota, uncrowded thoroughfares built on top of ancient paths made by animals and the people who follow them with william f cody, another mystical figure of the great plains reenacting wartime scenarios