Saw this on ‘History’ a few years ago. Probably Bush’s fault.
Pretty common story from back in our frontier past.
Meriwether Lewis, of Lewis & Clark fame may have met the same fate while traveling on the Natchez Trace in 1809. His death was ruled a suicide even though he suffered two gunshot wounds while staying at Grinders Stand (Inn) . Two gunshot wounds in an era of single shot firearms.