Charles Griffin

"" "'It is up to you to keep your potatoes out of my pig'"Charles Griffin is an Irishman settler and farmer who had a prominent role in the Pig War episode.

Biography
Born in Ireland. He was sent by Governor James Douglas, along with a couple Hawaiian sheperds, to settle in the disputed island of San Juan. During his settlement in the island, a totally mentally stable American customs inspector and his assistant went ashore to interrogate Charles' sheep, ending with a bleating match. After the incident, to give Charles legal power to deal with the issue, James crowned him as a magistrate. Charles, in turn, turned one of his Hawaiian sheperds, a constable. They then set off to arrest the customs collector, which was "trespassing" on British territory, which failed due to the very stable inspector pulled our four pistols and a large knife to drive them off. Later on, he told off one Sheriff Barnes of Whatcom County after an attempt to get him to pay $80 and 33¢. After that interaction with Barnes, he lost 34 breeding rams to "trespassing" Whatcom County officials, who were auctioning said rams to themselves, as a payment of sorts. He then had an interaction with American settler, Lyman Cutler, about his pig and Cutler's potatoes, which he allegedly said, "It is up to you to keep your potatoes out of my pig!". And he also, had issues with other settling Americans. After that, the main event happened. Lyman shot the pig. After hearing the news and crying uncontrollably. he demanded an outrageous sum of $100 ($3,348.77 today) for the loss of the pig, which Lyman refused to pay and threatened to shoot more animals who entered his territory and even threatened to shoot Charles himself. For awhile of not being seen in the episode due to General Harney's entrance, he was then seen being upset with the encroachment of American soldiers and tourists, which he complained to Douglas. He then gave a story to General Winfield Scott about what happened during Porky's killing. He was last seen and mentioned, when the British finally conceded, to have already left the island and had his farm sold.

Trivia

 * He, like Lyman, had a partner for the Belle of the Ball event featured in the video. His was the prized Berkshire shot by Cutler, Porky.
 * He was branded as an "idiot" by General Winfield Scott.