"Lakota" Bob Smith (1810 -) was an American cowboy, soldier, scout, "Indian" fighter, explorer, gunfighter, rancher, businessman, and lawman, among other trades, who operated in the Wild West era.
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Bob Smith was born somewhere in the Ohio River Valley to a Southern plantation owning Jeffersonian family from Virginia. Like his family, Bob Smith was a staunch, diehard supporter of Jeffersonian democracy and later the Jacksonian Democrats and its leader, Andrew Jackson. Bob was a staunch believer in Social Darwinism, and was sympathetic of the Ku Klux Klan, despite not actually being a member of the group. Smith, like his family, was pro-Slavery, but unlike most slave owners, he supported eventual, gradual emancipation for slaves once they reach a certain age. He was given the nickname "Lakota" Bob, because he spent 5-10 years living with the Lakota Sioux Native Americans. Smith walked many paths of life and was present at many historical events in the United States and around the world, such as the Anglo-Zulu War and the Satsuma Rebellion, among other events during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Smith lived over 100 years; despite his age, he was still very active and fought with criminals. At one point he became an outlaw, but due to his accumulated wealth, he bought off lawmen every time they pursued him. Towards the end of the 19th Century, Smith became an outspoken proponent of the Neo-Confederatism and he helped to support veterans organizations for both sides of the American Civil War, including Sons of Confederate Veterans. Smith also supported the infamous New York draft riots because he was growing more opposed to the Northern cause during the American Civil War. Smith supported William M. Tweed, and Bill the Butcher. In 1864, Smith endorsed George B. McClellan for President of the United States over Abraham Lincoln, because he felt that McClellan was better suited to ending the war.
He was a scout for his good friend, General George Armstrong Custer and his US 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, during the Black Hills War in 1876, where he was severely wounded. Smith later served as a scout for several regiments during Plains Indian Wars. He was a guide and scout during the Wapiti War, and he would befriend several members of the Van der Linde Gang, namely Arthur Morgan and John Marston. Bob Smith was a staunch conservative Jacksonian. Bob Smith served as a civilian scout with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War at the old age of 88. He fought as a mercenary in the Australian frontier wars, and was great friends with the sharpshooter, Matthew Quigley, despite the two being on opposite sides in that conflict.
Smith became friends with Wyatt Earp, Landon Ricketts, Cord McNally, John Bernard Books, among others. He is the great-great-grandfather of "Cowboy" Bob Smith. He was also best friends with Colonel Henry Favours and Captain Howard Jones and Lieutenant Matthew Parker. He is related to Captain Allan T. Smith.
Bob Smith served a lawman for decades across the American West. In 1897, he got into a gunfight with Micah Bell after Smith caught him robbing Herbert Moon's general store, but Micah escaped before Smith could arrest him.
Bob Smith supported Alberto Fussar during the Guarman Revolution because of his financial ties to the sugarcane trade in Guarma. Smith also had a deep prejudice towards the people of Guarma, viewing their revolution as an "affront to everything decent and good in the world.". He also blamed the Socialists for the uprising, seeing as they were in favor of it in America. Smith believe that the United States should prepare the army to go fight against Hercule Fontaine and Leon Fuentes, whom Bob Smith viewed as evil. Smith also supported both the United States and Spain during the Spanish-American War because he was making lots of money regardless of the winner.
Bob Smith also fought several battles against the Renegade Indians.