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What Happened to the Scalp that “Buffalo Bill” Cody Took from Cheyenne Warrior Yellow Hair at Warbonnet Creek in 1876?

by | Feb 15, 2018 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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What happened to the scalp that “Buffalo Bill” Cody took from Cheyenne warrior Yellow Hair at Warbonnet Creek in 1876? Richard Hill Santa Rosa, California The day after the July 18 fight, “Buffalo Bill” Cody sent the scalp and Yellow Hair’s quirt and weapons to his friend Moses Kerngood in Rochester, New York, who displayed them in his cigar store. Eventually, the scalp made its way to the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming. Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian a


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