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Beaver Island Park was probably the scene of the Porter-Smyth duel. General Peter B. Porter accused Brigadier General Alexander Smyth, commanding officer of the United States Army in Buffalo, of cowardice. The weapons selected for the duel was pistols. Each contestant fired one shot but both shots went astray. Colonel Winder, who was acting as a second for General Smyth, arranged a truce. -- Text source: Lost Grand Island Illustration source: "Niagara Frontier: A Narrative and Documentary History," in 4 vol., by Merton M. Wilner. Pub. by E. J. Clarke Pub. Co, 1931.

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