Tribute To Buffalo Bob
On Tuesday Morning, July 7, 2015, Buffalo Bob lost a long battle with one health issue after another until his body was so weakened that he just couldn’t hold on any longer and he entered the gates of heaven for ever lasting life. Over the years Bob and I had grown quite close and often teased each other and cut up a lot. When I first released a picture of me in my Grizzly Bill outfit, Bob and I started a back and forth conversation that got kind of wild. We had a lot of fun with the back and forth conversation. Bob was always a fun loving guy that we all loved dearly. I am going to republish that fun conversation we had as a tribute to the great man we recently lost.
Tribute To Buffalo Bob
“Grizzly Bill And Buffalo
For fun, I dressed up like a frontiersman (Grizzly Bill) and took a picture of myself and shared it with my family on the iCloud. I got an almost immediate written comment back from my brother in law Bob ( we call him Buffalo). This resulted in several days of back and forth colorful comments which was a lot of fun and was enjoyed by the whole family!
The Grizzly Bill Picture that kicked off the Grizzly Bill, Buffalo back and forth comments.
Here are the back and forth comments that resulted from the Grizzly Bill post.
Buffalo “Is that really you Griz? I thought you got Kilt up on the Wabash.”
Griz “Nope, still alive and kickin!”
Buffalo. “You still have that Comanche squaw from down on the Canadian? I think her name was Thunder Chicken Walking!”
Griz. “You are thinkin of Waddles Like A Duck from Dixon Creek!”
Buffalo. ” Could be, she was a mighty fine squaw! I think Thunder Chicken Walking was her sister from over to Turkey Creek! You still up on the Wabash?”
Griz “Yeah, the deer and antelope roam here, and I found some heavy yellow rocks to make Waddles jewelry!”
Buffalo. “Well I’m still down on Blue Creek where it runs into the Canadian River! Still some buffalo and antelope here!”
Griz. “I’m bringing some furs to the trading post next week, Me and Waddles will come by and drink some wampum!”
Buffalo. ” Me and Pussy Willow will be glad to see you. You watch out for the Crow, heard they was on the warpath!”
Griz. “I’ll get ole Billy Dixon and his long rifle to come with me. Might bring Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett if you have enough wampum!”
Buffalo. “Come on down, plenty wampum. Bringing Waddles? Watch out for Dixon, heard he had other long things besides the rifle!”
Griz. ” He lost that long thing to the Apatches! I’m bringing Waddles Like A Duck so we’ll have to figure out how to keep her and Pussy Willow out of the trading post!”
Buffalo. “Pussy Willow is making me a Buffalo robe, you want her to make you one to keep you and Waddles warm this winter?”
Griz. “Yes sir Ree, I’ll bring some jewjew berries to give to Pussy Willow in the mean time. Give her a few of them and she’ll really keep you warm!”
Griz. “Grizzly Bill outlasted Buffalo Bob? Buffalo will never beat the Griz!
Buffalo and Griz enjoying a cool one sitting behind his big Old Ford 250 Deisel four wheel Drive white pickup truck out in front of his Cabin at South Fork, Colorado. We all miss Buffalo, but we have a lot of beautiful memories we made together so he will be with us always.
Thanks for reading Tribute To Buffalo Bob,
Bill