# Mr. Milligan — The Life of Buffalo Bill character guide

> Mr. Milligan in The Life of Buffalo Bill by William F. Cody.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Milligan

**First appearance:** 0007-v-in-business

## Snapshot

A Kansas businessman and neighbor who hands young Cody some of his earliest paid work, helping launch the boy's life on the plains.

## Who they are

Milligan belongs to the settlement world of early Kansas, where Cody's family landed during the state's troubled formative years. As an employer and neighbor, he represents the ordinary frontier economy of freight, wagons, and bull-trains that gave a restless boy his first taste of responsibility and danger. His role matters because it grounds Cody's legendary career in humble, believable beginnings.

## Relationships

### [Sample](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/characters/sample)

_professional_

Mr. Milligan and Sample were likely business partners or colleagues in frontier commerce or transportation.

### [Sample](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/characters/sample)

_professional_

Mr. Milligan and Sample were likely business partners or colleagues in frontier commerce or transportation.

### [Sample](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/characters/sample)

_professional_

Mr. Milligan and Sample were likely business partners or colleagues in frontier commerce or transportation.

## In the story

### [Honors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/xxvii-honors)

A lively Chicago hunter who jokingly fears an Indian encounter but later wants to pursue them.

### [An Actor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/xxviii-an-actor)

Hosts Cody and Texas Jack at the Sherman House in Chicago.

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