If reincarnation is real I was Mike Fink. I have dreamed about this character since I was a child. I have memories of being on the riverbanis as Fink. I used to think it to be just silly but the more I read .. .
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Fink
1770/1780 – c. 1823), called "king of the keelboaters", was a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman who exemplified the tough and hard-drinking men who ran keelboats up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
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An early drawing of Mike Fink, on a keelboat, with rifle in hand, ready to take on anyone, who challenged him, to a shooting match.[1]