Martha Jane Burkc. 1886 photograph byHenry R. Locke
Burk
or Burke B0277100 (bûrk), Martha Jane Known as Ca·lam·i·ty Jane(kə-lăm′ĭ-tē jān′) 1852?-1903. American frontierswoman who gained fame first as a cavalry scout and eventually as a performer with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.