Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-04

arms, thighs and legs, were fully devoI,roJ
indicating the greatest strength and octiv;t,,
Ills person, taken altogether, was modo
Tor Hercules, except Us to size. He frs
visited 81. LOUIS, as keel boat man. in th,
year 1914 or 1878; and occasionally after
wards 'iii 1872 when ne joined Henry and
ns'iey company OF Missouri trappers. Ma.
ny Shoo'inS ieats OF Mikes are related here
py PERSONS VINO profess to have witnessed
l'lch' l VIII relate some of them, and Won
Ca" ''''Ne Soch use of them as YOU please.
II, ascending The Mississippi above the mouth
nlne pigs on the river bank. he da..I,saJ ="
""athan phrase, he wanted a pig, and took
up his rifle To- shoot one: but was rennos,od
not to do so.-Mikc, however. laid his r;3c
TO lbs lace and shot ut each pig successivelv
as the boat gded up the river under eo:,,
san, about forty or fifty yards from shore
ana cut oil their tails close to their rl,nns
NIlhout dong them any other harm. In
- a snort time before he assembled the
MisssSlppi with Henry and Ashlev's comm
n.y. pe!hg on las boat at the LANDING in this
port ne saw negro lad standing on the riy
er oaiih' heed!eSsiy gaping, in great wonder
iheht at Tie show about him This hoy
hau strange sort of foot and heel. ne
cuiiar 10 some races of the Africans His
hcei protruded several inches in the reor of
the leg, so as TO leave nearly as,much of
the loot behind as before it, This unsbona.
~ foot offended Mikes eye, and outradn6
MS ideas OF symmetry SO much that he do.
tcrmncd TO correct H. He took aim Wi,
ms rifle, some thirty PAGES distant. at thr
boys unfortunate heel, and actually shot il
away. The boy fell crying murder. and had.
~ Wounded. Mike was indicted in The
circuit court of this county Tor the offence
and was found guilty 10y u Jury. have NV,
self seen the record Of the corr, II n1
Peared III evidence, that Mikes Justification
ol the offence was, chat the fellows Iong
heel prevented him from wearing a g,,,teeI
boot" Ills particular friend, Car6entcr
was; also a great shot; and he and Mike u.oJ
TO MI TIN cup with whiskev, and place II
on Their heads by turns, and shoot at if win
rifle al the distance of seventy wards. II
was always bored through, without in;ur,,
to the one on whose head il was pIared
Inns was often performed; and they liked
the icat the better, because it showed their
confidence III each other.
In l0-2, Mike and his two friends. Car
pch'Cr and Talbot, engaged in ST. Louis
with Henry and Ashley, TO 90 up the Missou,
ri with them, In the three-io!d capac;tv of
year COMPANY Of about sixty assembled as
hlSIi ds the mouth or 1svit,.-. c4-ae .i,or.
where they built IL fort for the purposes Of
trade and security. From this place. small
attachments OF men, ten or twelve ia com
pany, were sent out To hunt and trap on
the tributary streams of the Missouri and
Yellow Stone. Mike and his two friends.
q nine others, were sent 10 the Iuscle Shell
river, a tributary Of the Yellow Stone. When
the winter set in, Mike and COMPANY return
ed 10 place near the mouth of the Vel
low Stone; and preierring To remain ont Of
the fort, they dug Il hole, or cave in the bluff
bank of the river, for winter house in
which they resided during the winter. This
proved warm and commOGious habitation.
protecting the inmates from winds and snow.
Here Mike and his friend Carpenter quarrel
led deadly quarrel, the cause of which
is not certainly known, bat was thought TO
have been caused by d rivalry in the good
graccs OF squaw The quarrel was smo.
thcrcd ior a time by the intcrpostion of mu-
tual friends. On the return of spring. the
party revisited the fort, where Mike and Car
pcntcr, over cup of whiskcy, revived the
recollection OF their past quarrel: but made
treaty OF peace, which was to be solemn
zed by their usual trial OF shooting the cup
OF whSkcy from off each others head as
their custom was This was at once the test
OF mutual reconciliation and renewed conf
dence. a question remained to be settled:
who should have the first shot. TO deter
mine this, Mike proposed to ''sky copper
with Carpenter; that is, to throw up copper.
This was done, and Mike won the first shot
Carpenter seemed to be fully aware of Mikes
untorglylng temper, and lrcacherous intent.
ior nc declared that he was sure Mike would
I'LL him. Dut Carpenter scorned life too
much to purchase it by breach of his So
lenn compact, in refusing to stand the test
Accordingly, he prepared 20 die He be.
qucathed lds gun, shot pouch, aud powder
horn, his belt, pistols and wages to Talbot.
III case he should be killed. They went to
The fatal plain, and whilst Mike loaded his
rifle and picked his flint, Carpenter filed his
tin cup with whiskoy to the brim, and with.
out changing bis features, lie placed it on his
devoted heat as target for Mike To shoot
at. Mike Iovccd Ius rifle at tho head of Car