The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-18
A SECOND KIT CARSON.


fersauon, and eliclted 0y careIul anu
systematic pumping the particulars of
The life of one of the early pioneers to
he then unknown West, which would
furnish capital for dozen blood and
thunder-novelw writer's of the Ned
Buntline" school. The unwilling mar
rator and hero of this hasty sketch is
Mr.. james Fluck, of Capac, Mich. Mr..
F. was In this city en- route to Cincin-
natl, with carload of eranben les.
raised and gathered on marsh he
owns near the place where, after years |
of 80 knocking around, he has finally |
struck his stakes and pitched his per-
manent camp. Mr.. F. was born on the
St. Lawrence River, in the town Of
Brockville, Ontario, opposite Ogdens-
burg, n. Y, in 1928. When 10 years
of age he ran away from home and
Joined rowing band of trappers and
Indians, with whom he passed along
the northern shores Of the entire chain
of the g,cat lakes, engaged in winter
ir FLIRTING and trap ring, and in sum-
mer in fishing. ne tsusins>-- Wilt TINS
band about five years, th6d, lsa Cae-Sr'
signing for more worlds to conquer;
crossed the Detroit River and gradual
ly worked his way with few chosen
companions to the then pleasant and
rapidly growing city of st. Louis.
After doing that place 10 their entire
satisfaction, a wish to proceed further
west AHA tiorth seized upon them, and
they enlisted in the FIR Company, orr
ganized and controlled by the Chou
s.svs. of st. Louis, for term OF two
years. Nitt party Of fifty men, I'M
der the Captaincy OF eardy McFay,
they proceeded up the Missouri Riyer
as far as Big Muddy Riyer-above the
site Of Fort Buford-and thence into the
British POSSESSIONS IN pursuit Of furs to
be bought from traders, traPpers and
Indians. He spent only about nine
months in trapping himself; the re-
mainder of the time he was there he
was engaged in hunting and packing
/ furs, to the battcauS, in which they
were brought to their nisrket at St.
t,o4isi His narrative of adventures
while thus employed was very inter-
esting, and at times positively
thrilling. When his term of enEstnieEt
expired, then, on his own account, he
hunted al through the Mandan's, eros
Ventre's, UnkapdP8 siowH'ss Assume
BONES, Blackfeet, Crow, and Flsthesd
Indians country, occasionally going
aewn into the Brule's, 0gallalla Sioux's
and Fawree'a territory. He is thor
oughly acquainted vsish the country OF
the Big Horn, and acted as guide, scout
and hunter two years for Gen. Sioiey'
and IL he expedition against the Sioux
in 1912. He was present at the great
battle between the Sioux aid Onbbewas
(Chippewas) at the foot of st. Cfonf
LaRs, m tS42, and saw a great many
leave for the fiapry hunting-grounds on
that occasion. He is retlcent IS to the
part he took at that event, but leave:
the inference that he was not dlsln
tsrested spectator. For ten years M
was employed by Malcomb Black II
looking up and locating pine lands tol
/ che N. P. h. r. Company, and, IN the
capacity Of gaide, Travelled across IRON
the mouth of the St. Louis River-noV
known as Duluth, Minn.-to the Gull o
Georgia, which separates Vancouver
Island from Washington Territory. Ii
1865, III company with another iron
tiersman by the nsu,e Of Harley, n
sought out white woman and shild tina
had been taken prisoner by the Blask
feat, and were found by them on tn
north fGrt of Milk River, and near tn
line of British Ametiss. Harley an'
himself were disguised rs Aandal
Indians, and, owing to their knoWleog
of that tongue, had no difficulty1n pass
ing for genuine redskins of that tribe
They found the objects Of their search
together with some eighteen ether whit
prisoners. Their condition was On
calculated to call for sympathy from
any thing human except an Indian. b
careful management they succeeded II
, getting close up to the woman 10
whom they were searching. Fluek ad
dressed her by name in suppressed
tone of voice, in English. The instan
she heard him her feelings oYsrpower
ed her, she replied and tainted at Ii
feet. This aroused the suspicious o
the Indians, and himself and Harle.
were Immediately seized and examines
closely. That, of course, penetrate
their disguise, and they were lmme
diately disarmed and fastened-so the
could hardly move hand or foot
posts. The camp where they were wa
situated on bluff, immediatel
below, and between them and Mil
River, was a table land of timber, som
800 Yards in breadth. The second da
after their capture middle-aged whit
, man, of finely developed form an
handsome features, who said he wa
from some town in Ohio-whieh Fluc
is quite sure was Toledo-was take
out and burned at a stake. Every on
of the tribe, except single Indian lei
as guard over them, attended the hol
rid spectacle, which occurred on tn
table land below them. in plain sigh
!. of all the prisoners. Fluck says tn
white man was the "gamiest man d
ever saw. After ne had been fastene
. to stake, the young men retired
short distance and fired sharp arrow
to see how close they could come
him without hitting him; after the
: were tired of that, they approache
I stiil nearer and threw their knives wit
. a similar object, finishing this tiendis
sport by throwing their tomahaWks
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