Frontier Legends | Buffalo Bill Cody
American History Tellers

Frontier Legends | Buffalo Bill Cody

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 26, 202639 min
  • Interview
  • History

Few people are more closely associated with the Western Frontier than William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Born in 1846, Cody came of age during the era of Westward expansion. As a young man, he began scouting for the 5th Cavalry and eventually built a reputation as a skilled frontiersman. He later took his exploits to the stage and then created Buffalo Bill’s Wild West arena show, which carried the image of the American West around the globe. In this episode, Lindsay is joined by Dr. Paul Andrew Hutton, author of the New York Times bestseller The Undiscovered Country...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 1 of 12 · 2:14

. , .

Thanks for having me, Lindsay.

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • B26:44

    Tap for the meaning

  • C18:32

    Tap for the meaning

  • B214:14

    Tap for the meaning

  • B219:42

    Tap for the meaning

  • B223:03

    Tap for the meaning

  • B229:29

    Tap for the meaning

  • B237:58

    Tap for the meaning

  • B240:17

    Tap for the meaning

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B2

B2 · Upper-intermediate

Comfortable if you already follow TV news

A1 34%A2 37%B1 20%B2 9%C1 1%
  • 90% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 190 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 198 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

2:14

Dr. Paul Hutton, welcome to American History Tellers. Thanks for having me, Lindsay. So let's start a little earlier than Buffalo Bill's time to understand really, I guess, the timeline of Westward expansion. It's interesting to realize how intertwined the desire for

2:36

Westward expansion was with the American Revolution. Can you give us an idea of this desire to push West? Well, the Westward movement was in fact one of the causes of the American Revolution. The Proclamation of 1763 came out of London and it stopped all settlement west of the

2:56

crest of the Appalachian Mountains. The land was to be retained as Indian territory and the British wanted to keep a tight rein on the fur trade, which was the oil of the 18th century. They had just fought a war with France to win this territory and now they wanted to

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (36 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy