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JN01 · November 7, 2012, 08:57 PM

During the late 18th Century, frontiersman Lewis Wetzel killed a sleeping Kickapoo at Fort Massac when he put a ramrod (stolen from a soldier) in the barrel of his rifle, placed the tip on the mans rectum, and pulled the trigger.

November 7, 2012, 08:57 PM	#28
JN01 Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2005 Location: E Tennessee Posts: 828	During the late 18th Century, frontiersman Lewis Wetzel killed a sleeping Kickapoo at Fort Massac when he put a ramrod (stolen from a soldier) in the barrel of his rifle, placed the tip on the mans rectum, and pulled the trigger.