W.F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody & Gordon W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie Letter and Bank Document ~ 1908 SOLD! Thank you! Endearing letter from Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie to his business partner W.F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, discussing an idea for promotion of their Wild West Show. Letter is handwritten and signed by Lillie and mentions Lillie’s wife May, who toured with the show as a trick shot artist. With original printed envelope bearing the seal of Lillie’s Oklahoma ranch. Letter is postmarked Pawnee, Okla., 1911 with handwritten address to Cody, then in Boston, Mass. and original wax seal. Included in the lot is a promissory note to the First National Bank of Omaha, Nebr. For $12,500, probably intended for use as funding for the then touring shows, dated January 28th, 1908 and signed by Cody. Lillie (1860-1942) joined the newly formed Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as an interpreter and performer. In 1888, he formed his own Wild West Show with his new wife, May, the Rifle Shot, who performed amazing feats of marksmanship from the back of a racing horse, and he became known as Pawnee Bill, the White Chief of the Pawnee Indians. In 1908, Lillie merged his Wild West Show with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The combined show, which became known as The Two Bills' Show, was billed as the entertainment triumph of the ages. It traveled all over the world, entertaining audiences with both realistic and fantasy views of the Old West. The show closed in Denver, Colorado in 1913 after touring for five seasons as Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Show.