He was hit twice, but he unlimbered his artillery, and before his horse had carried him, half dead, out on the prairie, he had killed one of the group.

Several citizens had joined the cowboys and added their bullets against Buck.

The deceased had been the best bartender in the country, and the rage of the suffering citizens can well be imagined.

They swore vengeance on Buck, his ranch, and his stamping ground.
The difference between Buck and Billy the Kid is that the former never shot a man who was not trying to shoot him, or who had not been warned by some action against Buck that would call for it.

He minded his own business, never picked a quarrel, and was quiet and pacific up to a certain point.