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Hickok, Wild Bill (1837–1876)| US pioneer and law enforcer, a legendary figure in the West. In the Civil War he was a sharpshooter and scout for the Union army. He then served as marshal in Kansas, killing as many as 27 people. He was a prodigious gambler and was fatally shot from behind while playing poker in Deadwood, South Dakota. |
| He established his reputation as a gunfighter when he killed a fellow scout, turned traitor. |
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