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Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1850

Page

4

Bowie and Lafitte Face Poker Duel on a River Steamer

On a St. Louis to New Orleans steamboat in 1833 a wealthy Natchez merchant gambled for his fortune against a renowned gambler. Amid a storm and crowds, the duel ends with the gambler revealing himself as James Bowie and the rival as John Lafitte, erasing the last bets as danger flashes through the cabin.

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Bowie's Duel at the Deck and a Pirate's End

James Bowie wins a high stakes card game aboard a ship after detecting a cheating dealer. The rival gambler loses all and is killed in a pistol duel at dawn while the river deck glows at sunrise. Bowie then returns winnings to a young merchant and his wife, amid a portrait of his legendary life and death.

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Death of the Young and Gifted Ruggles of New York City

The New York Courier renders a long tribute to S. B Ruggles of New York City mourning the death of his son Sona Ratatore Ruggles at twenty seven aboard the steamer Tennessee while traveling from San Francisco to Panama. The piece recounts Ruggles' rich education at Harvard, talents in languages music and drawing, and his ardent desire to see the west before foreign travel. He marched with the Rifle Regiment to Oregon from Fort Leavenworth, then sailed from Oregon to California seeking independence, but fell ill in San Francisco and died aboard the Tennessee on the Pacific. His burial at sea followed a prayer from his mother’s book, now returned to her in her time of grief.

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