William Frank Carver of the season they parted ways and divided the assets by the flip of a coin. Cody then formed a partnership with the promoter and showman Nate Salsbury, and the show continued as "Buffalo Bill's Wild West". Carver put his own show on tour, also billed as the "Wild West". As the two shows crisscrossed the country for the next few years, Carver and Cody engaged in legal wrangling over various issues. The foremost points of dispute were the use of the name "Wild West" and Carver's assertion that Cody still owed him $27,000, which Carver claimed he had invested
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