Many Feathers and Much Paint Don't Make an Indian

The previous mail informed you that a part of miners had killed thirty Indians on Smith River, near Crescent City. These Indian wars begin nobody knows how; they end with the loss of a few whites, and the extermination of the red-skins.  1855, Feb 12. New York Daily Tribune. 

In August of 1913, Colonel William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was suffering from great financial difficulties. Though his Wild West circus show was dispossessed, he was able to form a corporation with H.H. Tamman (owner of the Denver Post) and F.G. Bonfils (owner of the Kansas City Star) with a goal towards "producing some of the most marvelous moving pictures every brought before the public."  "The pictures are to be historically correct and of national importance. A set of the films when produced will be presented to the United States government as a part of the history of America, and will be filed away in the archives of the war department so that future generations may see the faces and forms and view the actual scenes of some of the greatest events in the history of America." Estimated cost was $1000, with a deadline for January 1, 1914.  Buffalo Bill said he would personally appear in each film, including: "Wounded Knee - Last battle fought bet