# Mrs. Burns — The Life of Buffalo Bill character guide

> Mrs. Burns in The Life of Buffalo Bill by William F. Cody.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-boy-days-in-kansas

## Who they are

A boarding-house keeper who takes in young Cody, one of the domestic anchors in a boyhood otherwise spent in the saddle and on the plains.

## Relationships

### [Buffalo Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/characters/buffalo_bill)

_social_

Mrs. Burns was a civilian acquaintance of Buffalo Bill, likely a neighbor or local resident in the frontier community.

## In the story

### [Childhood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_life_of_buffalo_bill_se/chapters/i-childhood)

Wealthy lady who hosts the Cody family overnight after learning they are related to Elijah Cody.

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