I did not take my clothes off, and, much to my wife's surprise, slept with my rifle and revolvers close by me.

I had just dropped off to sleep when I heard shots, and knew they could mean nothing but Indians.
The attacking party was small and we were fully prepared.

When they discovered this they fired a few shots and galloped away.
The second night was almost a repetition of the first.

After another party had been repulsed, Mrs.Cody asked me if I had brought her and the baby out on the Plains to be killed.
"This is the kind of a life I lead every day and get fat on it," I said.

But she did not seem to think it especially congenial.
Everybody turned out to greet us when we arrived in Rome.