# General Hazen — The Life of Buffalo Bill character guide

> General Hazen in The Life of Buffalo Bill by William F. Cody.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0022-xx-an-exciting-chase

## Who they are

A frontier commander whose campaigns depend on scouts like Cody to track hostile bands across the plains and keep his columns from blundering into ambush.

## In the story

### [A Courier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/xvi-a-courier)

Mentioned as having left Fort Larned shortly before Satanta's arrival, having failed to deliver promised beef cattle.

### [An Appointment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/xvii-an-appointment)

Cody is told he need not report back to him.

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