Middle Years

When Annie was fifteen, she visited her sister Lyda in Cincinnati. There, she won a shooting match against Frank Butler, whom she later married. Annie was not educated until after she was married.

Later, she joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show along with Frank. She was in the show from 1885, to 1902, about seventeen years. Once, Sitting Bull wanted to adopt Annie. When he did, he named her "Wan Tan Yeye", which means, "Little Sure Shot".

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