One often-told tale is of his violent death in a gunfight in the Rocky Mountains.
One often-told tale is of his violent death in a gunfight in the Rocky Mountains. Born probably at Fort Pitt around 1770, he first appears in tales written in the 1820s. For ten points, who is this semi-legendary American folk hero, described as both a scout known for his marksmanship and a brawling keelboatman, a self-proclaimed half man, half alligator, and half snapping turtle who worked on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers?
One often-told tale is of his violent death in a gunfight in the Rocky Mountains.
Mike Fink