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The officers had no command over them. They were afraid of their own men, and let them do what they liked; so they would rob and sometimes murder their own people. It was right hard for me to keep up with them, and not do as they did.

— Wild Bill Hickok

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At last, after thinking a heap about it, I came to the conclusion that I always did, that the boldest plan is the best and safest.

I suppose I am called a red-handed murderer, which I deny. That I have killed men I admit, but never unless in absolute self-defense, or in the performance of an official duty. I never, in my life, took any mean advantage of an enemy.

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