I ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo William Frederick Cody, i kapa ʻia ʻo Buffalo Bill, i ka lā 18 o Dekemaba, 1889 ma ke awa ʻo San Beltrán ma ke awa o Barcelona, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻāla i ka hoihoi kaulana i hoʻokipa ʻia e ka huakaʻi ʻEulopa o kāna hōʻike. ka 'Buffalo's Show' Bill's Wild West'.
Ma ka ʻaha hoʻokipa ma Lākana i ka makahiki 1887, ka makahiki o ka Iubile o ka Mōʻīwahine Victoria, kūlou ke poʻo o ka mōʻī i ka paniolo. Aia ʻo ia ma Paris mai ka 1889 Exhibition a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Eiffel ʻoiai ʻo Buffalo Bill ka mea hoʻolaha e hana ma Barcelona. Ua haʻi ʻo ia iā ia ʻo Rius i Taulet, ke kuhina nui o kēlā kūlanakauhale āna i ʻike ʻole ai a nāna i mālama i kahi Hōʻikeʻike Universal i ka makahiki i hala, ua hoihoi nui i kona alo. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Countess Emilia Pardo Bazán iā ia me ka mahalo: ʻO Puerto Mediterráneo, he kamaʻāina hoʻoikaika nui loa… ʻoiai ʻoi loa ka manaʻo e like me ia ma Paris.
ʻAʻole i lōʻihi ka manaʻolana i nā pauku huhū. Ua wehewehe ʻo Ramon Madaula i ke kumu i kāna pāʻani 'Buffalo Bill ma Barcelona'. ʻO kahi mea kākau moʻolelo nāna i mālama i ke kiʻi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia e ka 'paniolo' moʻolelo nona i hui me kāna hoaaloha e kamaʻilio pū me ia ma waena o nā kiʻi o Kentucky bourbon. Koa i loko o ke Kaua Kivila, explorer, bison hunter ... Cody i hoʻokumu i nā protocols o ka 'western', lōʻihi ma mua o ka mua kiʻiʻoniʻoni o ke ano: ka pōkole kiʻi 'Assault a me ka powa o ke kaʻaahi' a Edwin S. Porter hoʻokuʻu i loko. 1903. Akā, e hoʻi kākou i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba 1889 ma Barcelona kahi i hoʻoikaika nui ai iā mākou e pili ana i ka meʻe o ka hānau ʻana o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
ʻO ka ʻeha niho hiki ʻole ke alakaʻi i ka 'paniolo' i ka haukapila o Sant Pau
Noho ʻo Buffalo Bill ma ke kahua heihei me kekahi mau paniolo, ʻelua lio a me ka bison ma ke kula ma waena o nā alanui ʻo Aribau a me Rosellón ma kahi Ensanche e kūkulu ʻia ana ma kahi mamao loa mai ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka hōʻike, ma waena o 2 a me 5 peseta, ua pāpā ʻia: he ʻelima keneta ke kumukūʻai o kahi nūpepa, ʻo ka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo he ʻumikūmālima a me ka ʻaina paʻakikī ka mea ʻono o ka hale ʻaina waiwai.
Noho ʻo Buffalo Bill ma ka hōkele ʻo Cuatro Naciones de la Rambla, kekahi o nā mea ʻakaʻaka loa o ke kūlanakauhale e ola mau nei: kahi e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka hele ʻana o Chopin lāua ʻo George Sand i ka makahiki 1839 i ko lākou hele ʻana i ka hoʻoilo ma Majorca; ʻAʻohe mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana iā William F. Cody, i noho ma laila mai Dekemaba 18, 1889 a hiki i Ianuali 21, 1890.
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻia ka manaʻo ʻole o ke kamaʻāina e ka ʻauheʻe mau: ua ʻike ʻia ka circus. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi, kolera a me ka maʻi maʻi liʻiliʻi e pili ana iā Sioux Raiding Raven a me Black Hawk i hāʻawi i ka pahu pahu pahu.
Ua pale ka quarantine i ka hui mai ka haʻalele ʻana iā Barcelona ma mua o ka papa. Hoʻohui i kēia mau mea a pau i nā ʻauhau aupuni, kahi ahi i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā ahi ahi i hoʻokūkū i nā India me nā mea puhi ahi, bison ʻaʻole hihiu loa, ua makemake ka mayor a me nā ʻaha kūkā i ka hakakā pipi Lagartijo ma mua o ka mua o ke komohana hihiu ... ʻO nā pule ʻelima o ʻO ka 'paniolo' ma Barcelona he pilikia i hoʻopauʻia me ka makeʻana o ka mea nāna i hōʻike i ka hōʻike,ʻo Frank Richmond,ʻoiaiʻo kaʻeha niho hikiʻole ke lawe iā Buffalo Bill, me kāna mau Indiansʻelua, i ka halemai o Sant Pau.
Ua aʻo aku kekahi mea kākau moʻolelo mai 'La Vanguardia' iā ia: "ʻAʻole no ka mea ʻo nā ʻili ʻulaʻula o ka hui, nā kāne a me nā wahine, pono ke ʻano i ke ʻano, me ke anu o kekahi mau degere ma luna o ka zero, e hōʻike i ka ʻiʻo a ke Akua i hāʻawi mai ai. ia lakou, a ua pena lakou ma ke ano kupanaha loa i hiki ke ike ia.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi ʻo Barcelona no ka Buffalo Bill
