An article by American journalist George Ward Nichols (1831 or 1837 - 1885) from Harpers New Monthly magazine for February 1867, dedicated to Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876). Thanks to this article, a previously unknown Civil War veteran, shooter and gambler became famous throughout America. The original has entered the public domain. Here is the first Russian translation of the article. Illustrations taken from the first edition. The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.