 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekubatana kwake kwekutanga neBuffalo Bill show, Oakley akasangana nemakakatanwa ehunyanzvi neanopinza pfuti Lillian Smith. Smith aiva nemakore gumi nerimwe muduku kupfuura Oakley, makore gumi nemashanu panguva yaakapinda muchiratidziro muna 1886, iyo ingangodaro yaiva chikonzero chikuru cheOakley kuti achinje zera rake chairo mumakore akazotevera nekuda kwekubudiswa kwemashoko kwaSmith kuva kwakanaka seye. Oakley akasiya kwenguva pfupi Buffalo Bill show asi akadzoka makore maviri gare gare, pashure pokunge Smith abva, munguva yeParis Exposition ya1889. Rwendo rwemakore matatu urwu rwakasimbisa Oakley bedzi senyeredzi yokutanga yechikadzi yeAmerica. Akawana mari yakawanda kupfuura vamwe vatambi vose vaiva muchirongwa chacho, kunze kwaBuffalo Bill Cody pachake. Akaitawo mumitambo yakawanda parutivi kuti awane mari yekuwedzera. 