The Americans didn’t like this, and sent a collector to try to tax Charles, who didn’t like that very much either. Charles deputised one of the local shepherds and told him to arrest the American tax collector, Henry Webber. Henry didn’t like being arrested by a farm boy who had just been promoted to deputy, and pulled a gun on him, which his three seconds of experience in the role and precisely fuck all training hadn’t really prepared him for. After an awkward few moments, both sides backed away quietly.
