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

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

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Slade

**First appearance:** 0010-viii-adventures-on-the-overland-road

## Who they are

The Overland Trail's feared stage-line agent, a man whose reputation for sudden violence hangs over every station and roadhouse Cody passes through.

## In the story

### [Adventures on the Overland Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/viii-adventures-on-the-overland-road)

Stage agent who hires Cody as a Pony Express rider, praises his endurance, and later shoots a stage-driver during a spree.

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