Aug 2,1812 Amherstburg Ontario- Shawnee Chief Tecumseh 1768-1813 helps persuade Wyandots (Hurons) to switch allegiance to British. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aug 2,1763 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - Pontiac's allies maul Bouquet and his troops at Bushy Run as they are marching to the relief of Ft. Pitt; Bouquet relieves the fort Aug. 10. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 2,1642 Trois-Rivières Quebec - Jesuits Isaac Jogues & Rene Goupil kidnapped by Iroquois, travelling from Ste-Marie to Quebec; Goupil ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 2,Wild Bill (James Butler) Hickok was _gunned down by Jack McCall_ (http://440.com/twtd/dxlnkgo1.html) , a desperado from Texas, in Saloon #10 at Deadwood, in the Dakota Territory on this day in 1876. Hickok was playing poker (with his back to the door) at the time of the shooting. McCall shot Wild Bill in the back, and was hanged for the shooting, never revealing his motive. Hickok, a Union army spy, a scout for General Custer, a marshal for Abilene, Kansas, and a crack shot with a pistol, was handsome, longhaired, and a flamboyant gambler. Doc Pierce, who prepared Wild Bill for burial was quoted as saying, “Wild Bill was the prettiest corpse I have ever seen.” The poker hand Hickok was holding when he died consisted of a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights. This combination became known as the _dead man’s hand_ (http://440.com/twtd/dxlnkgo2.html) . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------