weapons/fighting styles of the ohio/mississippi flatboatmen (1790-1840)?

Berkley · 7th September 2009, 12:10 AM

One Mississippi flatboatman who drove off seven would-be robbers was armed only with what a biographer described as a "crab-tree club".

In the struggle he received a gash over his right eye that left a scar for life as it healed. That trip to New Orleans was his first and only flatboat voyage, although he acquired a certain legendary quality himself. His name was Abraham Lincoln.

7th September 2009, 12:10 AM	#2
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	One Mississippi flatboatman who drove off seven would-be robbers was armed only with what a biographer described as a "crab-tree club". In the struggle he received a gash over his right eye that left a scar for life as it healed. That trip to New Orleans was his first and only flatboat voyage, although he acquired a certain legendary quality himself. His name was Abraham Lincoln.