Henry Quick was an American trapper. While on a run in 1814, his leg was shattered by a bear. A group of sims rescued him. One of those sims (whom Quick dubbed Martin) had traded with Quick, and saw potential value in keeping the trapper alive to make weapons for them. The rest of the group did so, and over the course of the winter, Quick healed, although there were many times he was on death's door. As his health improved, he made shoes for the sims, as well as hatchets and arrows. He was cared for by a female sim whom he dubbed Sal. After a time, Quick and Sal began to couple. Sal soon became pregnant, a fact that both excited and vexed Quick, as half-breeds were ostracized in human society.