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Show in Opelousas, La. While hunting wild cattle he attacked a young steer, which in throwing up its head struck his hunting hunt-ing knife in such a way as to knock it through his hand, making an ugly cut between the thumb and tho forefinger. On returning from the hunt he repaired to the blacksmith shop on his plantation, determined to have a knife which would be a protection against such accidents. Ticking up an old filo he ordered tho blacksmith to make a knife of it having a cross piece betwixt hilt and blade, so that it would be impossiblo to lx entirely entire-ly driven through a man's hand. In this way did the bowie knife originate, and it w;u never intended fbr other than a hunting knife: but James Bowie improved im-proved the original weapon, and brought his own knife so prominently into notice by tho use he mnde of it in personal encounters en-counters that the improved weapon be- j came known as the bowie knife. Xew York Ledger. The Bowie Knife. Much has been said and written re- ; f arding the origin of tho bowie knife. ; The fact is that Rezin P. Bowie, not James, conceived the idea of the knife. The invention was the result of an acci-(4ent. acci-(4ent. CoL RejM P.JBowiewas a planter |