Who said this?

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Could be, I was on leave that day!

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Who said "I suppose I should be ashamed to say that I take the Western view of the Indian. I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth." fifteen years before he became President of the United States?

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Teddy Roosevelt?............Buck

[Silver Creek Slim]

Teddy Roosevelt?............Buck

Or U.S. Grant?

Slim

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Buck's right with TR.  Buck sure didn't pass the buck this time, did he?

[Four-Eyed Buck]

 

[Silver Creek Slim]

My mother always said that I would die with my shoes on.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

My mother always said that I would die with my shoes on.

Was that when you were a teenager, Slim?

How 'bout Little Steve Short?

[Silver Creek Slim]

My mother always said that I would die with my shoes on.

Was that when you were a teenager, Slim?

How 'bout Little Steve Short?

Not quite what I have, but I assume yer funning me. 

"Big Steve" Long's last words after having asked to have his shoes removed before he was hanged.

Slim

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

My mother always said that I would die with my shoes on.

Was that when you were a teenager, Slim?

How 'bout Little Steve Short?

Not quite what I have, but I assume yer funning me. 

"Big Steve" Long's last words after having asked to have his shoes removed before he was hanged.

Slim

What was he hanged for?

[Silver Creek Slim]

My mother always said that I would die with my shoes on.

Was that when you were a teenager, Slim?

How 'bout Little Steve Short?

Not quite what I have, but I assume yer funning me. 

"Big Steve" Long's last words after having asked to have his shoes removed before he was hanged.

Slim

What was he hanged for?

Steve "Big Steve" Long, a professional gunfighter teamed up with brothers Ace and Con Moyer establishing a saloon in Laramie City,  Wyoming.  The Moyer brothers founded the town, appointing themselves as justice of the peace and marshal, respectively.  Steve Long was made the deputy marshal.

Ruling with an iron hand, the trio meted out "justice" in the backroom of the saloon, ordering ranchers to sign over deeds to their lands and miners to hand over their claims.  Those who refused were shot to death by Long on the pretense that the victim reached for a weapon.

Numerous others were killed when they objected to crooked card games run at the saloon. The townsfolk began to refer to the saloon as "The Bucket of Blood."   Meanwhile, a local rancher by the name of N.K. Boswell began talk of forming a vigilante group to put the trio out of business.

Long also was in the habit of moonlighting as a thief and on October 18, 1868 he attempted to ambush and rob prospector Rollie "Hard Luck" Harrison.  In the ensuing gunfight, Long was shot and he retreated.  Back in Laramie City, Long's fiancée treated the wound but was incensed when Long told her how he received it.  She told the vigilante group about Long's attempted robbery.  Wasting no time the group stormed into The Bucket of Blood on October 28, 1868, seizing Long and the Moyer brothers.  Dragging them to a partially finished cabin, they began to string them up to the rafters.  But before he could be strung up Long asked the vigilantes to remove his boots.  His last words were "my mother always said that I would die with my shoes on."  He was hanged with his bare feet dangling.

[Griff]

This one's a 2-fer:  part belongs here and part belongs in western phrases:

"I was on a hell of a toot and I seldom attend to anything except hoof her up when I am that way"

[Griff]

Since there ain't been no guesses, I suppose a clue is in order:  A contemporary of Texas Jack's

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Since there ain't been no guesses, I suppose a clue is in order:  A contemporary of Texas Jack's

Hickok?

[Griff]

Wasn't a Hickok, but was a "Bill".

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Wasn't a Hickok, but was a "Bill".

Reckon it must be Cody then.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

"Why, ain't that the most dingus-dangest thing?"

[Russ T Chambers]

"Why, ain't that the most dingus-dangest thing?"

That would have been the younger (pun intended ) of the James brothers.   

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

"Why, ain't that the most dingus-dangest thing?"

That would have been the younger (pun intended ) of the James brothers.   

And that would be the right answer.  Shore glad you keep comin 'round, Russ T.  

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Why, ain't that the most dingus-dangest thing?"

That would have been the younger (pun intended ) of the James brothers.   

And that would be the right answer.  Shore glad you keep comin 'round, Russ T.  

If it was just me, we'd be on the 1st page still.   

Slim