# Colonel Rice — The Life of Buffalo Bill character guide

> Colonel Rice in The Life of Buffalo Bill by William F. Cody.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0020-xviii-scouting

## Who they are

A cavalry colonel whose troops ride the Western plains, he is one of the officers under whom Cody's scouting services are tested and proven.

## In the story

### [Dangerous Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/xxxi-dangerous-work)

Commands company at Glendive Creek; inventor of the trowel-bayonet; fights Indians and uses Rodman cannon.

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