August 14, 1885
Buffalo Bill Cody saw me at one of my acts in 1884. He was the leader of his "Wild West". He was impressed with me and told me to come for a three-day tryout. I came with frank and I made it in, and he introduced me to his members. I was the only white woman there, and i felt a little out of place, but other than that, I felt fine. He kept calling me "Lil' Missy", so I started calling him the "Colonel". Now, I've done many shows with him and frank, who has helped out a little bit, There has been times where I miss. But I'll just fire again and that will be that. But the Colonel has told me that the crowd is getting restless of me shooting and not missing. Shot after shot, with the smallest chance that I will miss. So occasionally, I'll miss on purpose. It's funny, too. I'll act all frustrated and throw my hat on the ground and walk around it for good luck. Then I'll shoot again and not miss, and the crowd literally murders my eardrums.
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