# Major Arms — The Life of Buffalo Bill character guide

> Major Arms in The Life of Buffalo Bill by William F. Cody.

**Role:** supporting

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

## Who they are

A fort commander whose post anchors the military frontier, he is one of the officers whose expeditions Cody's scouting and hunting kept supplied and informed.

## In the story

### [XII: A Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/xii-a-wedding)

Commands a company of the Tenth Cavalry in a fight against Indians on the Saline River; is wounded during the engagement.

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