Bill (William) Charles Hickok
Sept. 23, 1931-Feb 13, 2000

Will (Scavenging Crow) Littke sent me this in order that others may know and love Bill as he did. The following is what he sent:

I read this to the gathered people at the funeral since I felt at the time that I could not do Bill Justice and make a closing statement about a man I felt deeply about. 
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September 2000
To Friends and Family of Bill Hickok:
 

I first meet Bill Hickok in 1994 as I became interested in muzzleloading and joined the Bear Creek Muzzleloader Club.  He struck me as the most knowledgeable shooter and all around muzzleloader I have ever met.  I struck up a friendship with him that will last me all my life.
 

Shortly afterwards we attended the Enumclaw Mountain Man Show and he persuaded me to build a Southern Mountain Rifle (50cal flintlock).  I spent nearly 2 years learning his gunsmithing craft building that rifle. Over the next four years I was to learn even more, yet his untimely passing prevent many more years of learning-he had so much more to teach and I to learn!
 

I was especially impressed with is knowledge of American History.  As a university professor I have meet Noble Prize Winners and various other scientific scholars, but Bill was truly a man beyond his letters.  I think this came from a desire to learn as much as he could from history and the lessons it has to teach.