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Bill fell out of the wagon and
was lost to his family. He was
found by a pack of coyotes that
adopted him and raised him as
a coyote. A few years later his
brother came and found him
and had a difficult time con-
vincing him that he was
human and not a coyote.
Eventually he acquired the
name Pecos Bill and lived a
series of very improbable
events, including riding a
cyclone and using a ten-foot-
long rattlesnake as a rope. He
was married many times, but
his favorite wife was Slue Foot
Sue, whom he found riding a
catfish down the Rio Grande.
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She wanted to ride his horse,
Widowmaker, who would only
let Pecos Bill ride him. She
climbed on and he bucked her
off so hard that she landed on
her steel spring bustle and
bounced higher and higher
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until she bounced off the
moon. Bill couldn’t stop her
from bouncing so he put her
out of her misery so she would-
n’t starve to death.
The story went on and on
and other writers added to the
tale.
The public devoured every
story that came out.
In the 1930s O’Reilly and
his wife, Sophie, moved to
upper New York state and went
into semi-retirement.
Their youngest son came to
live with them and soon passed
away. Their oldest son and his
family lived nearby. O’Reilly
passed away at Saranac Lake,
NY on December 8, 1946, and
the real father of Pecos Bill is
buried at the Pine Ridge
Cemetery.
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