Kit shut up a troublesome trapper
Kit Carson had a gunfight at the rendezvous on the Green River in 1835. A French Canadian named Chouinard got loaded on whiskey and began challenging all comers to fight. After the Frenchman beat up two or three men, he bragged that he’d take on all Americans and beat them like children. Carson took up the challenge. Both went for their guns—Carson a pistol, Chouinard a rifle. Carson’s bullet hit his target in the arm; Chouinard’s missed. The French Canadian didn’t cause any more trouble at the gathering.
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