The Real Life — and Death — of American Folk Hero Mike Fink

<p>Blackfeet warriors scoured the banks of the Missouri River hell-bent on their next kill. Four American trappers had recently died at their hands, ambushed, and butchered as they ascended the river in wooden canoes.</p> <p>Idle days now strained their nerves as the endless hunt continued.</p> <p>Finally, at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, the war party discovered a crude, American-built fort. The abandoned fort failed to provide the fight they had been craving but piqued their interest enough to inspect its ghostly remains.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/read-or-die-hq/the-real-life-and-death-of-american-folk-hero-mike-fink-d41a9af2a7f0"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>