William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody may have appeared on the world stage as a confident showman, star of the Wild West show he formed in 1883. But he first learned how to dramatize events as an actor...often an inept one. Even worse: a dangerous one. Shortly after he began his acting career in 1872, he and costar John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro thrilled audiences with acts that promised to “Wipe the redskins out.” In their exuberance during one simulated Indian fight, actor W.J. Halp
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