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{i} family name; James Butler Hickok (1837-1876) United States frontiersman and gunfighter who is considered as a legend in the American Wild West and whose nickname was "Wild Bill" or "Wild Bill Hickok

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James Butler Hickok
{i} (1837-1876) United States frontiersman and gunfighter who is considered as a legend in the American Wild West and whose nickname was "Wild Bill" or "Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
{i} "Wild Bill", nickname of James Butler Hickok (1837-1876), United States frontiersman and gunfighter who is considered as a legend in the American Wild West
Wild Bill Hickok
a US soldier who was one of the first white Americans who went to live in the western US, where he became a marshal (=someone who controls a particular area and makes sure that laws are obeyed) . He was famous for his skill at shooting, and for his love of gambling (=playing card games for money) (1837-76). orig. James Butler Hickok born May 27, 1837, Troy Grove, Ill., U.S. died Aug. 2, 1876, Deadwood, Dakota Territory U.S. frontiersman. He left home in 1865 to farm in Kansas, where he became involved in the Free State (antislavery) movement. He later served as a constable in Monticello, Kan. While working as a stage driver in 1861, he shot and killed the outlaw Dave McCanles; legends of his marksmanship probably began in the exaggerated accounts of his role in this incident. He was a Union scout and a spy in the American Civil War (1861-65); after the war, he was appointed deputy U.S. marshal (1866-67). His ironhanded rule as sheriff of Hays City (1869-71) and as marshal of Abilene (1871) helped tame these Kansas towns. While seated at a poker table in a saloon, he was shot dead by a drunken stranger, Jack McCall
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