During the famous Lewis and Clark expedition, Clark accidentally shot Lewis in the arse. They were hunting, lost track of each other, and then Clark mistook Lewis' buckskin trousers -- partially visible through the brush -- for a deer. The musket ball "pierced both buttocks," according to accounts written by the Corps of Discovery. Guess it gave Lewis incentive to keep walking and not sit down as well; it wasn't a severe wound. If the teacher had emphasized these kinds of Three Stooges moments more in elementary school, I'd have fancied this period in history a whole lot more. Ta. Cheshire Cat