Indiana Palladium, Volume 5, Number 42, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 24 October 1829 — Page 1
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EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow.
Volume V.
LAWRENCEBURGH, INDIANA; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1829.
Number 42.
BURIED ALIVE.
as
or
core of mv body. My horn- that of others! 1 had no monstrous crimes I saw streamed in upon me like joy into his foibenrancc. Itts usual practice wa smed LeviUble: and so to repent of, yet hundreds of criminal ihe soul of misery. I now cried vvithde to sell his filth quarter to the tavern c se meu luew" . mon n . JA fll ri.vpirv of life! 1 liaht. I thought 1 was anions men ncain, dram-shop keeper for. whiskey, wit
ngin oecame whs imp. ciui. ; ' ; ,, . . ,l(u f 4, ' ... " j " .oc trpr.tP.1 e.vertf Udr nnL
unwv ... n,.ninH I hnaPfl I 1 ft frill fI '.t IlPll-lJlfTflllJ . ItJl 1 1 I f : IllllIlV I HIM Ca aiUUIJU I1IG 1IHS UHII - -'- - - 7 ."..-..
subject to epileptic fin T0 ' IT wred from less, I listened: it wai a clock striking dispersed. I forgot for a moment my partaking lately himself. He became upwards; which, though ' - ' " ' V n-h ofa the hou. ! Tto found new life to brings; efcn the fearful question how fond of strong drink, but wa never over-
prive me of animation n re;oluf d ir As not theme. "1 am not
I from every
rnniw the DIARY OP C. HODGSON. ESQ.i u,c
DECEASED, FORMERLY OP BRISTOL, ENG. s,ro"? al ltJ1,8
I had been su
from my youth
fhpv rt i rl nnt rtpn
v"; r-" . .i.im. ri utM riecnair. as noi iiic .uc. i - - . . - . . ..u,..
the sight of those about me, completely r"V' nitrate the perhaps am unwatcbed," such were m) lore lamme destroyed me, was tor n annu a ga.ion 01 u .111 iwemj """""
annihilated my own consciousness, nation t0 indent.; -interment will take place; long tin;, absent rom my m.nd and wanput in . ue.ng . -
inhumed at least, but I should get free from my durance be- powered by it influence. He could . . . 1 r . j ..... ' r. 1 ,1 r-i n ! froll.in .if W iii tivpntv four hours.
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J,,u "v - w , , , . ,, uuti. nnt rlin Iint:i ,.,.,,1,1 innb thrmifrh I r iinruaTO was a nerlect sample 01
uii nines . i..l!..,wl I hi ffun Id llllIlK OlimV COliiU Will UtS IllUVrUi 1 cu.111 ...w ..wk , i.u. . .-w- 1'' " . . P. J. . 1
nly about the full i;' jVo calcuhte how long make myself heard W This was .he hWe no longer , from the giddine. the halt.hore anafcaUalligalor umie -nllv hnd a warn death cocllj, ana io uucuwie 7 ' P 1 .kii npw.trnrlr mv i-auLcdhva ton parnfiaifixediiesa of ttaa'.oi the race of boatmen. He was, aUo,
1 minht survive ht'ttirft (amine cioseti iii(?i""iiu qiim.- w - - . , ...
I v. 1 l 1 . , . , ,, ,
used to be attacked at all times ar.d sea
sons, but most common!
of the moon. I general
inr rC n ni.oiiliijr notnro niriort tnPCP H ( 1 O . i I 1 ' ,J . , I U nil Ia nntvor Ipft IT1P
: tut : n,.,..M U0' m) lipi'" 1 P'vcu 1 , . .i ' .(;n .,ua iLtnnos n no.i, c'hI nUKo rmf.n..r nmt Mhfl admiration and excited the feais ot
l.lt U3 WL'IC UUIIIIIIK UII, llJrtl IV huuiu I , i ui rnrlillirfp frt Hlf IfVlIHOUl aHO CeaSeUOIlly WUCU CACUIUII iiv vuui oiuu ui hi- D ; ... , .P. .'. 4. . .that I roient iiave loriuuae 10 oie uuuui w v.. j i .l l.. i' i ..Ln iVi- r.ntmift- nf w,:iimM,. fnrli uu-
Gimcuu 10 aescnoe: u was a senaauuu . .... riD i ,un ri, i iriHfl longer nossinie. i,JC auuuiu 01 mc uais, mai nB m .. w.
that, to be known, must be experienced. y,.; hoa ,nnp man coud
fiifhrnlt tr npsrrihf: it was a sensatiotil . . r i. i : ..til
need. 1?Y"" .Zu". u " i" X ".n!H M,nmav fancv how they would find church vault, aud this was confirmed, ally forced his wit with a sound drub-
Mv pxrellent wife Martha. ( I mean 11 uuu. V m f? ihpmplvpminrlfr similar circumstances, when 1 came to distinush the ends ol bmg, it any one Uarf d to dissent, by neg-
7r .V . , .3 nXIS! Wlinoui loon. iiius mr ii.tir
. I ... i t . : U... : ilt.r.v ,.T:, l.'iK r.nrll. inlarnn.1 hirtjIHT (ir IPMlCino" I ft lAlll'll 31 III? llKfS-
my in&i wiitr, wuu uas uccn u nu uuW f .ipiinir made me comoaraiivel v land ttie iiKe trying occasions, uui u ui mire luniimmu. ...t.j .1... 0 r , . 1 for the best part of forty year.) used to 01 m7 Ufo ' Ve i(h ,he siluatioi. Ueldom a correct judgment can be pre- sed between me and the light. I watch- for as he used to say, he told his joke on
say, that she always observed an unusu- " fejt myself afterwards when viously formed on such matters. It was ed me window until al oaleness over mv complexion, other- , lit t,Lnlu nt intPrvnU that I was so fearfullv crow dim, with feelinc
xvise riddv. for a day or two before thH,0Pe De?" h' J , L l..' a1 LJliW.t hv mv dreadful situation as describe no tongue can tell! Aa thrhmake light' of them. Thu cons quence
' . . iriHVS mui 111 nit? mm vc imiuutuvu i , j , . .
It was ed the window until the tight began to purple, to be laughed at in a good hu-
snolanouat'e can moicd way, and that no man should
0- 0 . , -
1 -m m , mm i in i linn iim iiiiiiiiiii ri i miiiui-iijw. -ww - - - j - a n
fit came upon me.-Blesa her soul! she ' " " ' , peri,hillE a to lose the power of rational reflection, gloom of night approached, my heait was, Mike alwas had a thoseti band ol
never let me be one moment out ot tier gooner luau I otherwise mut have or so overcome as to be debarred the ta brgan to beat fainter, and my tormer laugning pnuuopners aooui mm sight, from the instant she had a suspi- ' P p ' . . lu)UUx dei- culty of memory. Stretched in a posi agonies returned with tenfold weight, eye bunged un, and a dilapidated nose
1 1 u l ceil, omc -' .i -j 'v
r
l. . . .. , i ll . il. . j- l i l. 1
... ... j i i r iimi whprn mv rhanfRS nonsisiea on v oi noiwuiisianaiiiff wnicn. i imamiif i mu:
Ved ConSOiauon; huu i mu t,M..ix j o-- - ...:ki.4-. faVnr. fnr Mlhp maHo nmrlfima-
rr.W. nn.Mi mp.i a turn on mv feiae upon naru ooarus, uir uavt: dicijv Bt-uie umr. i acuaiun; ui ; ...... , , ",
v. f i ; - j - i
might have closed
n my feide upon hard boards, the have slept some time. 1 was sensible ol thy and favor; tor lUike made procihma-.
h f nana, of huneer had been at all soreness of my limbs was excruciatingly a noise like the grating ot a heavy door ion--"i am awn me. aw m, u ho,. I rwvtA nr nn.nb-. nvp thf wintainiiF. and as how 1 m CllOClw
htiicv- few indies, my knees pressed the cover I cannot say which, and I saw the light full of fight," and so he was in of the coffin, so that this slight shift of po- of a candle stream across the fissure in truth, for he had nchere amie in every
called out, "for the love of port vhich he visited, and always had a
soul release me--I am buried circle ot worshippers around Mm, wna
aht vanished in a moment ; would fight their death? (as they called it,)
cion of my approaching malady. This
benevolent caution on her part was a
ureat means of enabling her to subdue
the violence of the fit when it came, fori . T hrr ri uAA th
. . l iTdl nun; ....
willCU purpose ner epi inii.c ""' ted out to her several useful applications
,.t.o.u silion brought no relief. My impatience my cofun. 1
cause I was oppressed beyond bearing mJ m 4n . . , r .'of the restraint in which I was kept, be- your own soul
by my loneliness, which none but per- " V" J ' gan at length to drive me well nigh into alive!" Theli i .irl,. Reason soon hecai. to uhlsver me, Uiaip , to i r a . j
8006 111 SUCH ii bliuttiiuu 1 iiii .in . M c.w.H whom I il I had been buried
v. k.,r;.,. na nt rt npntraiiihed around my cotti
unvc aiau vu n ,i,:,.u
in ih fr.ultv of observation. She was ' r' V .
rnmn of an admirable thrift; and to with ease. did noi
- - I f I . 1 1 i . I , . 1 lill I IlIlM in I I n I I . - . . . . a
igth and Jim the snatcher is not to be scared b) ly trained them to all these vntues ana
exnerien- rotten flesh P A2ain I called as loud as mvstern s. Carpenter aid lalbot n-
rendering ine I could, 441 am buried alive save me!" gure hereafter. Mike's weight waa
interred in lead it would have been all
her economy it was, Sunder G;id I 3' 'L XXZ -lolv by trfo duutnUbcd .streng owe my preservation, in Ihe terrible e- ( on iu. if f iraii,in v.. suhncquent feebleness winch I ei vent I am about to detail. Had I been -art j. """fT?'" eed, and which, from its render M h;ivp linen all me me laea inai aiifi t n, 1 : o, ki i. in
hnr rvi.nrl f li o K 'j n rl 1 fin1 hi in . A nt ni i r t 1 h p s e . w e re t r . o m e n i
i i it I hi Pies burned and throbbed, my tongue that held it, for I heard a rough voice de- Carpenter and Jalbol, Mike's last friends ti,l snouni noi oe r iii,i flr. nrrnEB mv pvi.s sirp ihp hnhlpr nf it tn return. "Ifthereand particular confidents. Lach was a
I , i.nttr fill I l'rv.lllG UMi UK", liutuv-u ..v. wv. j . . w - . , . ... - i unit mv hrain w hilled round. I am cer- be any one here hu's soldered up. Tom match lor the other in prowess, in tight.
, oi course, uieam aetanc ta nrpisprupd hnnd mf iK licrhi. iho flnrl ni'vnr sneak or skill in shootinc. fi.r Mike had diligent-
.. .i : u lii'n 4U - j v, .,r.)nl..,ri nhnni 1 'O nfiiin.ls' liPitTht n!;nnt 5i Ipft !J
r..i, r .. !n,0,mani. I.,.t ihntT tvfi insensible lo uie increasing exaue. ua- --x mn, tncu mc um1(.u ,cu - ui . .p ,, ? ;
If U HIIIH Il'l iiin.inu"" - " I .
- r I ! In Drl Jlnl isl
uuriamiiy uury uK :m.lin.i;,nrv of the human mind.
over with me!
Bristol i? about to be suffocated inev
Church, where there is a gent
't hi Such lion f my brain's heat, allowed nature body-snatchei"the voice comes from irches; broad round face, pleasant feamin'rl to resume her wonted temperature. But this box. The undertakers made too tures, brown skin, tanned b the -un and
In a f ! w min- ram; blue bui very expressive eyes, in
clined to grey; broad white teeth, and square brawny form, well pn portioned,
terred, until their friends forget them: mentary ukhW t dea tr. tl J""f "m" unspeakable anguish of my situaiion! I h..me, and the. surprise of his friends, Mr. & every muscle of the arms, thighs and which, for that matter, in trading towns eyes would start from mv Hodgson says he had public thanks for legs, were fully developed, i. dicanng ia tin nsii:)lv a vprv lonf limr: but tills n e ll e a . . kpAtl hurninrr tp.nrs flawed down mv his deliverance returned in hia parish the createst strength and activity. Ui3
- i. .,:aa ihou arp hnri. make myselt ht-aid irom wiinour. , , cn,,iin '.Unst tn Limrrii. mi ihnt pvpf nftPrwnnU hp nrrsoii. taken altogether was a model for
la on V Kiniuru uiumcu , , . -;,.,D .h li.l ciiccnt" m i " - v...w.., g -7- 3
- . - . 1 rn pn u nlin .11 Sill llic dius uuu nu
ed in ead. I suppose they are urn., y - - , ti ,
In
.r.i T..i,ir in nihil h nil nprsnns who can I'hat
Jill , cl 11 1 I , III .I1V.. " - I
jee ine uiuLictis J " b .-7 " w
was
oui 01 meir m-ii u.whs k , f.. . . uIlt fln in v.4:r, a
1 1111- M hi ii ini 1 v ill 1 i.r u . 1111 aai
they are in London and other places, P; a,!
hr thp nld lnad mav buy a carousal toi p"
bursting. I became restless in feeling cherished a strong regard for resurrec- a Hercules, except as to size, without finding space for a fancied re- tion men, who never craved a guinea of visited St. Louis, as a keel bo
maune cm .u ...a, uu. . mv unbroken darkness. I was now the church-wardens and sexton, and J Ub,jnkeanfrlirfu ngonj. I shrieked make room for new tenants to be served fP L'it, into mv
, Tlt a clrtPt J Willi 1 1 0 1 I tl . I .'lUi'pu 111; v. .j i l. n , . n monnoi1 I ll I in mi Rior- 1 ' - ' . . .
111 mr; anuit" iiiciiij ... j
Ii! r ..I . 1 iIimi
.. . a 1 m m;,i e in anewtiirtiiau ui m.ji.iu,,
e.lJCe lellCiilllUUliu nmiu - - . J r
' 1 nrriiti u 1 1 miic fill vt v r ' iiii
uiciiini niuioii) ok i wiv..-, ii"" - 7
In m him in vain.
d got my moticnlesM bodily suffering, im From the VVestem Monthly Ravisrr.
rack of immovable agony.
ounded them: the coffin How many hours I lay in this my state
THE LAST OF THE BOATMEN:
UJCllllJl V W .... J 1 . I lltiolis am-l ixj
to my excellent wife s thritt i owe mv . , . hnod and tearinK tlie0f active and passive torture, I cannot pkplrhfftnf 7Winw,ra i?,
Wi hncr to save as mucin - ,u ..il m.. thSrct hnovpr. cnmi hprame v rr -o
I - - t
preservation, wining 10 save . n ut... - . . teL Mv thirst, however, soon became
..... .1 1. j .. iviiuurju ciuv o vi w. 1 - 1 f . r
money as possible at 'uerai, M.e nau ,.m maniacal feeline, I lacerated my intolerable. My mouth seemed Id ol
body, with all the usual and proper g..e, - d the Jails to the quick, hot ashes. I heard again the hollow
auenuani on me u-.nuu;, T. anj SOon became it. o;innless from ex- sound ol a ciocK-uen, oi no sunn, mgmetout fir coftin, the weight of which was f . Whfcn r wa3 mvPeIf onCH ide, judging irom its deep intonation, increased by acouple of old hundred 1V -,,! mv ifpCi,m. I No crannv which i had hitherto observ-
a I I III.II M. I I II Tl. 1 ll.M'U HIT "iiv i a
weights placed, one at my iad, mt I hl.ienh. med. for I ed in -iv prison let in light, though I
other at my feet. Thus the. thing passed -j ; ' aJ,i.,nt i ,h,u rnniin: well knew there must be some fissure, or
- I j 1 . K HW H III -Uiu , .wu 1 1 w . . ... -
on well, 3 money wus mcu tw ...j I hereby cast no reflections on my dear ueu
- ... . 1 . iMi hp nit
departed wife's regard lor me. i was - convinced, as I told her, that her motive m iem
was good; and well did it turn out or T'V rt(l. if u wai OIir, und not a dark boards." I gropped in vain over
methatshewassolhriltyanaconsiuerale. . , . ' lf.Pfi tn think it was every part of their wooden surface
She was a true Bristol woman, and e v ; , portaU ot dea.h into the which 1 could reach; I could find no
thecood citiz.ns generally ... i( ahnolMdchnk: could see no ray. vcain l neara
" . i i . . wnr i t !iMiti? 11 wti.i'v,.ww- ,
pretty keen and close-nngprea: om u w Tm;llfPS flr rnpn a,,d wo- the hollow knell, and again, still in my
-tJ.. CUn ... .q oH HtllU U'"""-1-' ...... ww- - y-vi I
error on tne ngniM.iH...c ,n,rt... in a sort of shad- state ot airony. Uii i wnai were uiy
Susannah, the daughter ol an oputen tame nt,ole allj rollnd feelings!
. i. . r i I . . ft . il .. t I. .i.
me. Thv seemed as limbless, trom de- for a longtime auer mis, i my j-iep-
cay Their featureless heads moved ed in my suflbring, or, at least, for a long - ... . . i r . i? . I . . ii It... I, 1 ... n
upon trunks hideously vuai; in ugure ume as it seemea 10 me. my nenu wtis like bodies, winch I have seen drawn bruised all over my limbs were exces-
forth from burned dwellings, each be- sively sore the skin rubbed oil in many iug rather a hideous mis-shapen mass places with my suffering my eyes ach-
1, nir fnr tUn rtin! i riiiinrp nfliferould
m c rurrr i V I It'll lllr'. I I 111 I 1 1 ioi in. w . i . v. ...... , -
11. C I V I c, . b, - "I -I . , , , ,w . . I i I liniia Konn nrlmlttpd' hflU' Pico had 1
nature once nv re s.ugm repienisuim-ni "" ' - -
io.taihiiifv. At thi; existed? it was nigra, peniap?, u nu .
iuiiii i , .. . . - r r t
.imp T had a virion of a most indelina- first came to myselt in my prison oi -n
; anu wen uiu w iuihwu, he wasso thrifty and considerate.
and ancient common councilman, and I got my freedom of the city by marrying her: she was plain in her person, as all Bristol-born women formerly were but i wander again from my story. I had made a most excellent dinner of this I have a perfect recollection. Oi
than a human resemblance. Thick
....
niorethan this I can recoiieci uoiuiug..., cg succeeded. the ... . . r .r (t .a I itimnrup iu",B ..... ...
til coming ftui oi my u , a oun ... . . . J i'llnrr ihn IICI
tor
sensation
one
rnvself. I was surprised to feel pinioned
in uuer darkness. I had no space to stir, if I would, as I soon found, while I struggled to loosen a sheet, or some such thingln which I was scantily enveloped. My hand would not reach my head when I attempied to make it do so, by reason of my elbow touching the bottom, and mv hand the top of the em lo-
an rp urntl nd me. It was the attempting
to a this, and finding myself naked, ex
cept with the aforesaid covering, that
struck mc l had been emomucu a.. tjip itin.ifrht rushed suddenly upon me
first sensations were those of simple
surprise. I was like a child aroused out of a deep sleep, and not sufficiently awake to recognise its attendants. Whpn thP real truth flashed upon me
al! its fearful energy, I never can lor-
rt thP thrill nf horror that stiuck thro
me! It was as if a bullet had perforated
Kort. nnrt nil the blood 111 mV bOdV
had gushed throughlhe wound! Never,
never, can hell be more terrible man me
sensations of that monv nt!I lay motion
iaa fnr a time, petrified with terror
Then a clammy dampucss burst forth
dreadful situation.
Fresh but vain efforts to make myself
heard were reiterated as far as my
strene'h would allow. I found with no
o . . ... 1
great difficulty 1 could turn on my iae, and then over on my belly. I tried by
lifting my back and by a violent 6tram,
to burst open the comn-uu; oui uie screws resisted mv utmost strength. I
r.ould not. besides, draw up my knees
sufficiently high to afford a tenth part of
the purchase I should otherwise nave made to bear upon it. I had no help
. ... r . i
but to return again to the position oi me
dead, and reluctantly gain a little agoni
sing repose from my exertions. 1 vvas
conscious bow weak my eiions naa maue
me, yet I resolved to reppat them
While thus at rest, if inactive torture could be denominated rest, I wept like
a child when I thought of the sunshine, and blue skies, aud fresh air, which I should never more enjoy: how living be
ings thronged the streets, and thoueanae mimrl mi- tVPTP. inVml OT busv : while I
uuuu j-j J was doomed to perish in tortures! v by
was my fate so differently marked cut to
ing with pain. 1 sought relief by turning on my right side, (1 had never before
turned but on my left,) when 1 fell under me a hard substance, which I Imd not before perceived. I grasped it with some difficulty, and soon found it was a
knot from lhe coffin plank which had
been forced inwards, in all probability after I was placed there. I saw also a
dim light through a hole as large as a
half-crown piece, just below where my
chin came. I put my hand to it, and
found it covered with coarse cloth,
which I easily imagined was the lining
of my coffin. I soon contrived to force
my finger through this cloth, though net
without considerable dinicultv. rami
enough was the light it revealed, but it
was a noon-day son of joy to me. li)' an uneasy strain of my neck I could see obliquely through the opening, but ever) thing was confused in my brain Mv thick. I at
i .rst could only perceive there was light, but could distinguish no object. M) senses, however, seemed to sharpen ab new hopes arose. I closed my eyes for a minute together, and then opened them, to restore their almost worn out power of vision. At length I could distinguish that immediately opposite to me there was a small window, crossed by massy iron bars, through which the light
He first
atman, in
the year 1814 or 15, and occasionally
afterwards till 1822, when he joined Henry and Ashley's company of Missouri trappers. Many shooting fi-atd of Mike's are related here, by persons who profess to have witnessed them, and you can make such use of th m as )cts pleaae. In ascending the Mississippi above the mouth of the Ohio, he saw a ,0'.v with 8 or 9 pigs on the river bank ; ha fhclaredi in boatman phrase, he wanted a pig,ai.d took up his rifle lo shoot oneg htWas requested not to do to. Mike, however, laid his rifle to his face, and shot at each pig successirely, as the boat glided up the rirer under easy sail, about 40 or 50 yards from shore, and Cut iff their tails close to their ir.mps, without doit g them any other haim. It. 1821, a short time before be a?cended the Missouri with Henry and Ashley's company, being on his boat at the landing in this
port, he saw a negro lad standing on the. river baak, heedlessly gaping in great wonderment at the show about him. This boy had a strange sort of foot and heel, peculiar to some races of the Africans. His heel protruded several irches in the rear of the le, so as to leave n ar-
ly as much of the foot behind as before it. This unshapely foot offended Mike's eye,a.d outraged his ideas of symmetry ?o much that he determined to correct it. He took aim with his rifle, some thirty paces distant, at the boy's unlortun te heel, and actually shot it away The boy fell, crying murder and badly wounded. Mike was indicted ie the; circuit couit of this county for the offence, and found guilty by a jury. I have, myself seen the reiord of the court. It anDearcd in evidence, that Mike's justi-
sort of men were ncation oi me m c.it. , ! ..i
fellow's long heel prevented mm irom wearing a genUel bootS His particular friend, Carpente r, was also a great shot; and he and Mike used to fill a tin cup with whiskey, and place it on their heads
by turns, and shoot at it with a run , at the distance of seventy yards. It w salwa)8 bored through, without injury to the one on whose head it was placed. This was often performed; and they liked the feat the better, because it showed their confidence in each other. In 1822, Mike and his friends Carpenter and Talbot engaged in St Louis with Henry and Ashley, to go up ihe Missouri with them, in the threefold capacity of boatmen, trappers and hunters. The first vcar a company of about sixty
ascended" as high as the mouth of ihe Yellow Stone river, where they built
Mountains. The following adtnrla. to the sketch,
given in the Western Souvenir, are fur
nished us by a valuable correspondent
of bt. L juis. He has them as he informs
us, from an intelligent and respectable
fur-trader, who has frequently extended
his peregrinations beyond the Hocky
Mountains, and who was to dart, the day after our correspondent wrote, for San-
te-Fe, in New-Mexico. Our correspon
dent assures us, that he givea ihe ac
count of this gentleman, touching the extraordinary Mike Fink, nearly in his own
words. We only add, that we have fol
lowed his example in the subjoined, in
relation to the narrative of our correspondent.
Mike Y ink was horn in Pittsburgh, Pa. where his brothers, &c. still reside. He had but little knowledge of letters, es
pecially of their sounds and powers, as his orthography was very bad, and he
usually spelled his name Miche Phir.ck, whilst his father spelled his with an F. When he was young, the witchery, which is in the tone of a wooden trumpet, called a river horn, formerly used by keel and flat boat navigators on the western waters, entranced the soul of Mike, w hile yet a boy; and he longed o become a boatman. This soon bt came his ruling passion; & he served as a boatman on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and their
tributary streams, w hich occupation he'f:
pursued uniu mis son oi men were thrown out of employment by the general use of steamboats. When Mike rst set foot on a keel boat, he could manic
all the tones of a trumpet, and he longed
to go to New-Orleans, where he heard
the people spoke l rencn ami wore meir Sunday coats every day. He served out his pupilage with credit. When the Ohio was toolou for navigation, he ?pent most of his time in the n ighhorluod of
Pittsburgh, killingsquirreb w ith his rifle and shooting a a target for beef at tb(
frequent Saturday shooting matches and company musters of the militia. He soon became famous as the be?t shot in the country,' and was calh d bang nil. and on that account was frequently ex eluded from participating in matches for beef; for which exclusion he claimed
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