Kit Carson quieted a boastful mountain man.
At the rendezvous on the Green River in 1835, Kit Carson fought his famous duel with Joseph Chouinard. The French Canadian challenged all comers to fight. He bragged that he’d take a switch to Americans and beat them like children. Carson had been quietly taking it all in. “I did not like such talk from any man, so I told him that if he made anymore such expressions, I would rip his guts.”
Both men mounted their horses and charged; they fired at the same time. Chouinard took a bullet to the arm. He caused no more trouble.
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