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波尼(Pawnee):
西部的遗迹
地方性遗产
一个名叫乔登利利(Gordon
Lillie)的人是如何被叫作波尼比尔(Pawnee
Bill)的?
生于1860年，原名乔登利利的波尼比尔成长于伊利诺州。乔登15岁时，搬到了奥克拉荷马州的波尼。他任职老师，负责教导住在那里的波尼族印第安人，而这些印地安人就帮他取了一个绰号，称呼他为「波尼比尔」。因为乔登是如此的热爱老西部(Old
West)历史，所以1883年时，波尼比尔放下教鞭，添加了新兴的野牛比尔的西大荒演出(Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show)，其演出以精彩的动作表演作为号召，如：猎北美野牛。(请点选「会见传奇人物」(Amazing
Americans)，里面有更多关于野牛比尔的相关资料)。
当波尼比尔在野牛比尔的西大荒演出表演时，他遇到了一位名为梅曼妮(May
Manning)的女子。相遇后不久，梅就嫁给了波尼比尔并改名为梅曼妮利利(May
Manning Lillie)。然后这一对夫妇就展开了他们自己的西部蛮族秀；有了明星表演者：梅，波尼比尔的西部蛮荒秀(Pawnee
Bill's Wild West Show)大受欢迎。时至今日，奥克拉荷马
州波尼镇上的波尼比尔的野牛牧场仍会重现这场表演，藉以娱乐数以千计的人们。
How did someone named Gordon Lillie come to be called Pawnee Bill?
Pawnee Bill was born Gordon Lillie in 1860 and raised in Illinois. When Gordon was 15, he moved to Pawnee, Oklahoma. He became a teacher to the Pawnee Indians who lived there and they gave him the nickname "Pawnee Bill." Because he loved the history of the Old West so much, in 1883, Pawnee Bill left teaching to join the new Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which featured exciting acts such as a bison hunt. (You can learn more about Buffalo Bill in the "Amazing Americans" section of this Web site.)
While Pawnee Bill was performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he met a woman named May Manning. Soon after they met, May married Pawnee Bill and became May Manning Lillie. Then the couple started their own Wild West show, with May as one of its star performers. Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show was so popular that today it is still re-created at Pawnee Bill's Buffalo Ranch in the town of Pawnee, Oklahoma, for thousands of people to enjoy.
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