Show stories of bw scott sott G great reat scouts w 0 New union OLD JIM BAKERS DAKERS DUEL WITH A FRENCHMAN next to undo uncle 1111 duet duel alth ith tile Eug englishman lishman the strongest ono one in frontier history ans was that which old jini jim baker friend of kit hit careon carson jim and undo uncle dick wootton Wo ottoa fought with a Prent hinsin ia in the ilia early anu of wyoming Wi oming baker bad had established a trading store where the ore gun gon trail cronrod the tile green river ile wait doing a good budine 1 with tho tile over the rail until Is frinchman opened up a rival store stem nearby A quarrel between the two oon soon resulted alio I 1 quarrel ended in a challenge with hot I 1 inen ran to their cabins seized and from tile door doors of their cu cubing bitis which acro only about oa 01 they begon began firing at each other neither was wits hurt at sit the cliot for both the tile frenchman Frenchi nun and old jim had been drin brinling Ling heavily and alm aae as unsteady tho the duelists retired to their loaded their truna again nud and taking another drink to keep up their courage tuu ruKe they opened fire once more mom tho bullets flew wild for several hours llie ilie duel continued each man omIng more unsteady all the time at last finding titi dlug themselves theme elves unable to hit tilt each other they gave it up la in disgust and d the oddest duel la in history ended linker uns born la in illinois la in IBM 1808 and ent nest eat mith alth a fur trading party about 1 old jim was a mighty hunter at one time ho he was attacked by two full crown grown grizzly bears tho old scout aas as armed only with his long banting bunting knife but after a ter terrina rifle struggle 1 in which he lie was almost torn to pieces he killed both beara bears R in 1857 baker was as a guide and scout for gen albert sidney johns tun tob on ills fits expedition against the mor anions in cutali returning from front tha that t trip he wandered back to colorado and became one of the first settlers of denver later in life old jim drifted to northern colorado on the me bunks banks of the little snake river he built a block house which became a rent rendezvous lemous for all of his isis old trapping coin companions and a place of refuge hen the indians went nent on the war path baker died in 1898 1808 after a life that had been filled with more adventure than that of any other man of hie his time excepting possibly old jim bridger whose dose close friend he ail |