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The Muscadine Story and Captain Suggs Pursuit
A long Alabama Journal fragment recounts Captain Suggs fleeing a sheriff through Natchez country lanes, a dramatic chase ending with Suggs crossing a creek amid vines while Betsy Cockerell and Miss Betsy watch. The tale blends notions of law, bravado, and frontier humor in a vivid, era-appropriate voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suggs
Corky
Cockerell’s Bend
Altiir
Stuns
Ay Chiune
Bywontos
Captain Sages
Syuers
Tia
Dadeville
Billy Towns
Bilis
Elance
Bata Wagal
Laker Davenspor
McCleuson
Johnson’s Mill Creek
Howe
Colesville
Simon
Hatle Creek
Castali
Button
Sages
Palhtpoose
Hint
Betsy Cockerell
Betsy
Hounene
Sugos
Binich
Merried
Ile
Capi
Shera
Ellis
Suggest
Dhunbrick’s
Spmnea
Tabla
Vie
Ronin
Mally
Oukes
Ellen
London
Young Oakes
Poe
Thinabe
Gelston Weatley
Norfolk
Oakes
James Westley
Welbeck
London Dispatch
Charles Edward
Charles
Italy
Thomas Sheridan
Pelle
Sheridan
Stuart
Ikea
England
Scotland
Henry of York
Bootland
Henry
D'Argenson
Apa Groathed
Lesa