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Hickok, J.B. Hickok, Shanghai Bill, William Hickok, William Haycock, Bird, Roy (1979). The incident began when David McCanles, his brother William and several farmhands came to the station demanding payment for a property that had been bought from him. Before being called Wild Bill Hickok, his original name was James Butler Hickok. Hickok accused a J.V. setTimeout(function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.setAttribute("src","https://sample.dragonforms.com/getEmbeddedClientScript.do?embeddedsite=TW_dispatch_nl"),t.setAttribute("type","text/javascript"),document.body.appendChild(t)},5); Become a subscriber today and youll recieve a new issue every month plus unlimited access to our full archive of backlogged issues. A classmate later remembered the children teasing Jessie about her mother, throwing stones at her while shouting, Calamity Jane! Hickok was bedridden for months before he went to southern Nebraska in the summer of 1861 to work at the Pony Express station at Rock Creek. (If said child had actually existed, he or she was said to . Although the show brought Hickok some much-needed income, he was unhappy, began drinking heavily, and returned to the West in March 1874. Corrections? Pard, we will meet again in the happy hunting ground to part no more. [9], At the time of his death, Hickok was wearing a Smith & Wesson Model No. While at Castle City Jane went to Gilt Edge, some two hundred miles away, where she was jailed for being drunk. "Wild Bill. Hickok remained in Hays through August 1868, when he brought 200 Cheyenne Indians to Hays to be viewed by "excursionists". A later film (1953) and subsequent stage musical, both titled Calamity Jane, also portray a romance between Calamity Jane and Hickok. When they returned from overseas, Agnes and Bill Lake decided to start their own circus. Hickok then tried acting in Wild West shows, which were growing in popularity. He was assigned Buffalo Bill Cody, a sergeant, and five privates. But Coe "reckoned without his host". Almost the entire town attended the funeral, and Utter had Hickok buried with a wooden grave marker reading: Wild Bill, J. Did Wild Bill Hickok have children? "[citation needed]. [59], The next day, Hickok was playing poker again. [7] Photographs of Hickok appear to depict dark hair, but all contemporaneous descriptions affirm that it was red. On September 4, Hickok was wounded in the foot while rescuing several cattlemen in the Bijou Creek basin who had been surrounded by Indians. Just weeks later, on her deathbed in Terry, South Dakota, Jane confessed that she and Jessie were now estranged and declined to say where her daughter was living. Hardin was a well-known gunfighter, and is known to have killed more than 27 men. I would have rather been somewhere else, but Bill stopped. After his release, McCall had lingered in Deadwood for a short while before heading to Wyoming. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. When did cowboys begin wearing these shirts? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In the film version, Howard Keel co-stars as Hickok to Doris Day's Calamity Jane. He later became a lawman before settling down in Deadwood, South Dakota where he would soon meet his death. Wild Bill Hickok was an American frontiersman, army scout and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. This angered the buffalo and panicked audience members, causing the animals to break free of their wire fencing and chase audience members, some of whom were trampled. ", "James Butler Hickok May 27 1837 - August 2 1876 Better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok", "James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Early Deadwood", "Nebraska Legends: Rock Creek Station and the McCanles Massacre", "Chronology on Life of James Butler HICKOK, Wild Bill Hickok, Old West Kansas", "Rock Creek Station State Historical Park", "Legal Culture, Wild Bill Hickok and the Gunslinger Myth", "Myths and Realities of Frontier Violence: A Look at the Gunfighter Saga", "Frontier Hero - Reminiscences of Wild Bill Hickok by his old Friend Buffalo Bill", "The State Journal (Jefferson City, Mo. In court she presented the judge with a doctors certificate indicating she was in a rather delicate condition, an early euphemism for pregnant. Less than a month after Hickok's death, the trial was found to have no legal status because Deadwood was located in Indian Territory - McCall's acquittal was deemed invalid. He was one of the early heroes of the West popularized in the dime novels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fox met Jessie when she interviewed Jane for an article in Illustrated American magazine. Russell, Majors and Waddell had not kept up with their payments for the station, and the gun-brandishing McCanles had come to demand his money from Wellman, who insisted that he did not have it and refused to relinquish the property to McCanles, as did his wife. Citizens of the town complained to Hickok, who requested that Thompson and Coe remove the image. John McCall ( / mkl / ); (1852/1853 - March 1, 1877), also known as " Crooked Nose " or " Broken Nose Jack ", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. Charlie Utter, Hickok's friend and companion, claimed Hickok's body and placed a notice in the local newspaper, the Black Hills Pioneer, which read: Died in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876, from the effects of a pistol shot, J. "Gunfighters of the Real West: Wild Bill Hickok. Keith Bell Manchester, United Kingdom Calamity Jane never married Wild Bill Hickok. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. He is chiefly portrayed as a protagonist, although historical accounts of his actions are often controversial, and much of his career is known to have been exaggerated both by himself and by contemporary mythmakers. McCormick claimed that ONeil offered to adopt her, taking she and her mother to meet his wife in Omaha. During this period Hickok prevented a man from beating an 11-year-old boy, who grew up to become Buffalo Bill Cody, Hickoks longtime friend. Later that year he became a teamster with the great freighting enterprise Russell, Majors and Waddell, creators of the Pony Express, for which he was too tall and heavy to be a rider. Di Certo is the author of ten books and composer of three albums of children's songs. 2 Army revolver, a five-shot, single-action, .32-caliber weapon, innovative as one of the first metallic cartridge firearms and favored by many Union officers during the Civil War. They performed together until Bill was tragically murdered in 1869. In 1859, he joined the Russell, Majors and Waddell freight company, the parent company of the Pony Express. In June, Hickok mustered out and went to Springfield, where he gambled. Hickok chased and wounded the fleeing Gordon, who was then fatally shot by someone else (according to some by Doc Brinks, another Pony Express employee). McCall was found guilty and sentenced to death. The cemetery was moved in 1881, and when McCall's body was exhumed, the noose was found still around his neck.[69]. "J.B. Hickok, Deputy U.S. Before and during Hickok's lifetime (1837-1876), the most readily available firearms were cap-and-ball, or percussion. By Tyler MacDonald / May 18, 2021 9:31 am EST. The new trial was held in Yankton, the capital of the Dakota Territory. On December 9, Hickok and Lanihan both served legal papers on Macintosh, and local newspapers acknowledged that Hickok had guardianship of Hays City. [57] The two possibly met for the first time after Jane was released from the guardhouse in Fort Laramie and joined the wagon train in which Hickok was traveling. [h], McCall's motive for killing Hickok is the subject of speculation, largely concerning McCall's anger at Hickok's having given him money for breakfast the day before, after McCall had lost heavily. There are many versions of the shootout that occurred at Rock Creek on July 12, 1861, shortly after the start of the Civil War, and all, in one way or another, contributed to Hickoks legend. In real life, Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary) never met 'Doc' Holliday: she actually was in love and pursued 'Wild Bill' Hickock. Updates? Nicholss version of the shootout in Harpers grabbed the publics attention, making Hickok an instant legend whose gunfighting prowess became fodder for dime novels. ", Judge Boyd said, "That when danger is threatened and impending a man is not compelled to stand with his arms folded until it is too late to offer successful resistance, and if the jury believe from the evidence that Tutt was a fighting character and a dangerous man and that [Defendant] was aware such was his character and that Tutt at the time he was shot by the Deft. The way Wild Bill conducted himself in his later years was a direct correlation for what he did when he was a young boy. [6] Since the event was outdoors, he could not compel people to pay, and the venture was a financial failure. Lonergan pinned Hickok to the ground, and Kyle put his gun to Hickok's ear. Their quick-draw duel was recorded as the first of its kind. Im glad shes come [home from school] while youre here, Jane told Fox, fer I want you to see her. He was holding two pairs: black aces and black eights (although there is some dispute as to the suit of one of the aces, diamond vs. spade) as his "up cards", which has since become widely known as the "dead man's hand". At Castle City, Montana in 1893, when Jane was running a restaurant, she had with her the daughter of one of her soldier friends in Texas who probably was Jessie. Since he was actually shot in the back of the head, that plot element is a complete artifice of the episode writers. James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, on May 27, 1837, to William Alonzo Hickok and Polly Butler Hickok. This made it difficult for the men to carry the remains to the new site. Hickok lost a gold watch to Tutt in a poker game. Circa 1890. McCall tried to . After his August 1876 murder, she further claimed that they had been married and that he was the father of her child. The story quickly became newspaper and magazine fodder. Calamity Jane never married Wild Bill Hickok. Did Nick McGlashan have a family? In 1941, Jean Hickok McCormick appeared in Billings, Montana. He reported returning with five prisoners after killing 10. Nick McGlashan loved his family, friends and fans. In one show, he shot the spotlight when it focused on him. [f], The regular county election was held on November 2, 1869. In 1941, Jean Hickok McCormick appeared in Billings, Montana. The episode correctly relates Hickok's vision problems late in his life, and also includes his murderer, Jack McCall, in a highly fictionalized role. [68], As I write the closing lines of this brief sketch, word reaches me that the slayer of Wild Bill has been rearrested by the United State [sic?] Wild Bill Hickok's iconic status is rooted in a shootout in July 1861 in what came to be known as the McCanles Massacre in Rock Creek, Nebraska. At the [second] trial it was suggested that [McCall] was hired to do his work by gamblers who feared the time when better citizens should appoint Bill the champion of law and order a post which he formerly sustained in Kansas border life, with credit to his manhood and his courage. McCall was tried and acquitted of murder as a result of his dubious claim that the killing was in revenge for Hickoks murder of his brother in Abilene. [24], In late 1863, Hickok worked for the provost marshal of southwest Missouri as a member of the Springfield detective police. [36][37], In December 1867, newspapers reported that Hickok had come to stay in Hays City, Kansas. The first major description of the incident appeared in Harpers New Monthly Magazine in February 1867, six years after the fact, written by Col. George Ward Nichols, who claimed to have been told the story by Hickok in 1865. Nick McGlashan had two children, Lennyn Annette Richardson of Unalaska (7) and Kane Wilder Hammond of Port Townsend, WA (1). After in inquest where other incidents of Hickoks brand of frontier justice was revealed, he was relieved of his duties. While Hickok claimed to have killed numerous named and unnamed gunmen in his lifetime, his career as a gunfighter only lasted from 1861 to 1871. [citation needed], Buffalo Bill claimed that he encountered Hickok disguised as a Confederate officer in Missouri in 1864. McLintock used a cane to tap the body, face, and head, finding no soft tissue anywhere. [40]:192, On July 17, 1870, Hickok was attacked by two troopers from the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Jeremiah Lonergan and John Kyle (sometimes spelled Kile),[42] in a saloon. Witnesses confirm that the story was true to the extent the party had set out to find whoever had killed the four men,[e] but the group returned to the fort "without nary a dead Indian, [never] even seeing a live one". Wild Bill Hickok, byname of James Butler Hickok, (born May 27, 1837, Homer [now Troy Grove], Illinois, U.S.died August 2, 1876, Deadwood, Dakota Territory [now in South Dakota, U.S.]), American frontiersman, army scout, and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. "Wild Bill's Sweetheart: The Life of Mary Jane Owens. "[27], While in Springfield, Hickok and a local gambler named Davis Tutt had several disagreements over unpaid gambling debts and their common affection for the same women. Hickok's retort is one of the West's most famous sayings (though possibly apocryphal): "Did the crow have a pistol? The Harper's piece also told the story of how Hickok had pointed to a letter "O" that was "no bigger than a man's heart." Both parents were reputed to be unsavory, involved in petty crimes and often financially destitute. [54], Charles Snyder, the Lucien Howe Librarian of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, said "Granular conjunctivitis, ophtalmia, trachomacall it what you willwas common on the Western Frontier. During the Civil War, he served as a wagon master, scout, detective, courier, and spy. In the HBO show Deadwood (2004-2006), Wild Bill is played by Keith Carradine. Burke she had enrolled Jessie in the school. Hickok managed to fire another shot, wounding the bear's paw. Duck Bill and Shanghai Bill Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). B. Hickock [sic] (Wild Bill) formerly of Cheyenne, Wyoming. According to their account, the shootout took place not inside the Wellmans cabin but inside the Rock Creek station itself, and Hickoks defense was far from single-handed. Best Known For: Wild Bill Hickok was an American frontiersman, army scout and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. Hickok and Brinks were charged with murder but found not guilty. According to Joseph G. Rosa, Hickok's biographer and the foremost authority on Wild Bill, Hickok killed only six or seven men in gunfights. The identity of the fifth card (his "hole card") is also the subject of debate. Hickok was killed August 2, 1876, at the age of 39, and Calamity Jane died of illness on August 1, 1903, at age 51; both died in South Dakota.. During his life, Hickok was a soldier, scout, stagecoach driver, lawman, gunfighter, showman, marksman, gambler, and more. [citation needed], Henry M. Stanley, of the Weekly Missouri Democrat, reported Hickok to be "an inveterate hater of Indian People", perhaps to enhance his reputation as a scout and American fighter, but separating fact from fiction is difficult considering his recruitment of Indians to cross the nation to appear in his own Wild West show. and that Deft. [52], In 1876, Hickok was diagnosed by a doctor in Kansas City, Missouri, with glaucoma and ophthalmia. In 1876, Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (present-day South Dakota) by Jack McCall, an unsuccessful gambler. It is a loose adaptation of Hickok's life, ending with his famous aces-and-eights card hand. Mulvey wheeled his horse around to face those who might shoot him from behind, and before he realized he had been fooled, Hickok shot him through the temple. 2, serial number 29963, a .32 rimfire with a six-inch barrel, blued finish, and varnished rosewood grips. Hickok may have been acting sheriff before he was elected; a newspaper reported that he arrested offenders on August 18, and the commander of Fort Hays wrote a letter to the assistant adjutant general on August 21 in which he praised Hickok for his work in apprehending deserters. As a result, calcium carbonate from the surrounding soil had replaced the flesh, leading to petrifaction. was advancing on him with a drawn pistol and that Tutt had previously made threats of personal injury to Deft. [74] He wore his revolvers butt-forward in a belt or sash (when wearing city clothes or buckskins, respectively), and seldom used holsters; he drew the pistols using a "reverse", "twist", or cavalry draw, as would a cavalryman. He twice asked another man at the table, Charles Rich, to change seats with him, but Rich refused. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. During the next several years he appeared in Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show, living off his fame as the consummate gunfighter. McCall was brought to trial the next day. At the coroner's inquest into Strawhun's death, despite "very contradictory" evidence from witnesses, the jury found the shooting justifiable. Even in death Hickok's legend grew. Hickok and Lanihan, however, remained sheriff and deputy, respectively. [50] The two entrepreneurs had painted a picture of a bull with a large erect penis on the side of their establishment as an advertisement. Born in Homer (later called Troy Grove), Illinois, James Butler Hickok . [12] The article was controversial wherever Hickok was known, and several frontier newspapers wrote rebuttals. "[55], On March 5, 1876, Hickok married Agnes Thatcher Lake, a 50-year-old circus proprietor in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. [65][66], McCall was summoned before an informal "miners' jury" (an ad hoc local group of miners and businessmen). This incident added to his fame as a gunslinger, which skyrocketed when journalist and later explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley reported as fact in the New York Herald in 1867 Hickoks exaggerated claim that he had killed 100 men. Hickok remains a popular figure of frontier history. The second trial was not considered double jeopardy because of the irregular jury in the first trial and because Deadwood was at the time in unorganized Indian country. Most modern retailers of Old West period clothing seem to sell only banded collared shirts, yet old photographs show cowboys did wear shirts with collars. The town of Deadwood, South Dakota, re-enacts Hickok's murder and McCall's capture every summer evening. A young drifter named Jack McCall walked in and approached Hickok from behind. [20], On July 12, 1861, David McCanles went to the Rock Creek Station office to demand an overdue property payment from Horace Wellman, the station manager. [3][4] James was the fourth of six children. At Bridger, Montana, Jane moved in with a cowboy named Robert Dorsett. [38], On September 1, 1868, Hickok was in Lincoln County, Kansas, where he was hired as a scout by the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated African-American unit. [1][2], James Butler Hickok was born May 27, 1837, in Homer, Illinois, (present-day Troy Grove, Illinois) to William Alonzo Hickok, a farmer and abolitionist, and his wife, Polly Butler. Jessie and Jane were back together when they arrived in Billings, Montana in 1898. In the Frederic Remington illustration of The Sentinel, is the mission San Xavier del Bac? "[49], Hickok and Phil Coe, a saloon owner and acquaintance of Hardin's, had a dispute that resulted in a shootout. In any case, Hardin appeared to have thought highly of Hickok. The incident helped contribute to the overall failure of the show. Then in 1996, a second daughter was revealed. They refused, so Hickok altered it himself. [40]:196, In September 1869, his first month as sheriff, Hickok killed two men. Martha (her name wasnt even Jane) had several husbands and a daughter, Jessie, who died in Los Angeles in 1960. [60] McCall then entered the saloon, walked up behind Hickok, drew his Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army .45-caliber revolver, and shouted, "Damn you! To be entitled to acquittal on the ground of self-defense, he must have been anxious to avoid a conflict, and must have used all reasonable means to avoid it. He was later elected constable of Monticello Township in Johnson County, Kansas. The bear attacked, crushing Hickok with its body. Classmate Mary Connolly remembered Jessie, saying, we all played hopscotch and jumped rope on the playground. But mother and daughter eventually left town again. Hickok was of English ancestry. [21] Hickok subsequently visited McCanles' widow, apologized for the killing, and offered her $35 in restitution, all the money he had with him at the time. Good bye, Colorado Charlie, C. H. Utter. And though it is difficult to picture her in the domestic arena, Jane was also a mother. A legend during his life and considered one of the American west's premier gunfighters, James Butler ("Wild Bill") Hickok was born May 27, 1837, in Troy Grove, Illinois. Behind the mission, arent those the Santa Catalina Mountains? [67], After bragging about killing Hickok, McCall was rearrested. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. How Did Wild Bill Hickok Die? Few could help her verify the truth, and Jean McCormick was of little help. Calamity Jane (1852-1903) was a well-known American frontierswoman and entertainment who was well-known for her marksmanship and acquaintance with Wild Bill Hickok. Did Wild Bill Hickok have a child? There the familys small farm served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. Hickok was a favourite of Custer and his wife, Libbie, who described him as a delight to look upon. Hickoks physical appearance was by many accounts arresting. Bonhams auction company offered this pistol at auction on November 18, 2013, in San Francisco, California,[75] described as Hickok's Smith & Wesson No. All Rights Reserved. Trachoma is often associated with poverty and poor hygiene that allows the bacteria to infect and re-infect eyes; if left untreated, it can cause blindness. That derisive nickname may have been given to him by David McCanles, who had sold the buildings that became the Pony Expresss Rock Creek station, on credit, to Russell, Majors and Waddell. [9], In 1865, Hickok recruited six Native Americans and three cowboys to accompany him to Niagara Falls, where he put on an outdoor demonstration called The Daring Buffalo Chasers of the Plains. Like his friend Buffalo Bill Cody, Hickok was the son of an abolitionist. Hickok had a large impact on American history because of his life and death. [69] In 1979, Hickok was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. [31], Several weeks later, an interview Hickok gave to Colonel George Ward Nichols, a journalist who subsequently became known as the creator of the Hickok legend,[32] was published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. (Not Really) Roughing It on the Mark Twain Trail, A Song of Praise for a Forgotten Folklore Collector, John Waynes Silver Screen Shootin Irons. Thus began the reputation that As a very young boy, Bill was born to father William Alonzo Hickok and mother Polly Butler. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok was a 1950s TV series starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine. i have been told that Wild Bill Hickok is my great great great (i don't know how many greats) uncle, and i haven' been able to find out if any of his brotherrs had kids. [62][63] Hickok may have told his friend Charlie Utter and others who were traveling with them that he thought he would be killed while in Deadwood. Around this time, young James Hickok began using his father's name of William - the 'Wild' part came later - and he also met Buffalo Bill Cody, then just a messenger boy on a wagon train. [58] Jane confirmed this account in an 1896 newspaper interview, although she claimed she had been hospitalized with illness rather than in the guardhouse. Wikimedia Commons Calamity Jane poses in front of Wild Bill Hickok's grave. In the melee that followed, Hickok shot Woods, who, most historians agree, was then attacked and ultimately killed with a hoe by Mrs. Wellman. Brady, like Varnes, had disappeared from Deadwood and could not be found. McCall was executed for the murder . They even did a stint abroad, performing for one season in Germany in 1862. The movie The Plainsman (1936), starring Gary Cooper as Hickok, features the alleged romance between Calamity Jane and him as its main plot line. McCall alleged that John Varnes, a Deadwood gambler, had paid him to murder Wild Bill. [15] He grew a moustache following the McCanles incident, and in 1861 began calling himself "Wild Bill".[16][17]. Hickok was sent from Abilene to arrest Matt Dillon (William Conrad) for the murder of a man he had thrown out of Dodge earlier that month. Leaving Springfield, he was recommended for the position of deputy federal marshal at Fort Riley, Kansas. Later, after bragging of his murder of Hickok, McCall was retried in Laramie, Wyoming Territory, found guilty, and hanged on March 1, 1877. Hickok moved west in 1855 to farm and joined General James Lane's Free State. The watch had great sentimental value to Hickok, so he asked Tutt not to wear it in public. We drove on to Beatrice and at the trial, his plea was self-defense; no one appeared against him, and he was cleared. When he saw Hickok, he leveled his cocked rifle at him. [18] On March 22, 1858, he was elected one of the first four constables of Monticello Township. He afterward resumed using his given name, James Hickok. At the time of the so-called McCanles Massacre, Hickok was known as Duck Bill because of his sweeping nose and protruding upper lip (covered with a mustache later in life). Hickok is currently interred in a 10ft (3m) square plot at the Mount Moriah Cemetery, surrounded by a cast-iron fence, with a U.S. flag flying nearby. They had ivory grips and nickel plating, and were ornately engraved with "J.B. Hickok1869" on the backstrap. [44] In his 1895 autobiography, published after his death, Hardin claimed to have been befriended by Hickok, the newly elected town marshal, after he had disarmed the marshal using the road agent's spin, but Hardin was known to exaggerate. Still, feeling he had escaped punishment, McCall began to brag to anyone that would listen that he had killed Wild Bill Hickok. Three years after Jack McCall shot Hickok in the back as he was playing cards in Deadwood, South Dakota, an 1879 story in the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Daily Leader noted that the pistols were made expressly . Not a word was uttered. On August 2, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok died a sudden, violent death while gambling in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. [46]:4558[48] A newspaper reported, "A man was killed in his bed at a hotel in Abilene, Monday night, by a desperado called 'Arkansas'. Not wasting a second, he quietly drew his revolver and shot Hickok in the back of the head, instantly killing him. In July, Hickok told a newspaper reporter that he had led several soldiers in pursuit of Indians who had killed four men near the fort on July 2. ", Rosa, Joseph G. (1979). 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