The Life of Buffalo Bill · Character
Mr. Wilcox
A frontier trader whose dealings with young Cody mark the ordinary commerce that threaded the dangerous plains long before fame found the scout.
supporting
Also known as a Mr. Wilcox
First appearance: viii adventures on the overland road
As a supporting figure in The Life of Buffalo Bill, Mr. Wilcox is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Former superintendent of construction for the Kansas Pacific Railroad; becomes the owner of Brigham and keeps him on his farm near Memphis.
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Wilcox belongs to the cast of plainsmen, freighters, and traders who populate Cody's early years, men whose livelihoods depended on moving goods across country that could kill them without warning. His exchanges with…
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