Escape on the Cut-off Amid Pursuit by Natchez and Choctaws
A white trader narrator and his French ally Narbonne guide a frightened girl along a river cut-off evading Natchez and Choctaw pursuers. They fend off attacks with muskets and arrows, salvage a dead Natchez and forage for a safer camp as tension grows and pursuers close in near Portobello country.
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Monsieur
Pardieu
Francois Narbonne
Narbonne
Point Coupee
Mademontselle
Mademoiselle
Mulre
Sugean
St. Augustine
Stu
Lux
Six Fingers
Narbonny
Dieu Mercer
Damian
Duancan
Natchez
Ile
Humas
Bayou
Dantoun
Hit
Laimioun
Damoan
Nantonne
A Trick Worth Remembering in a Yard Behind Judge Gray
A scene shows Judge Gray attempting castor oil on his dog Old Man Negley offers a safer method. The talk turns to dog digestion and humane dosing while contrasting human and canine behavior. The tale ends with a casting of wisdom on appetite, fasting, and care.
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Judge Gray
Alredale
Negley
Aljredale
Judge
Samera
Castor
City Hospital
Alcedale
Jim
The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Fight at the Bayou Chapter Nine Summary
The party camps and rests before finishing the journey to the big loop late in the afternoon. The voyage through the bayou region continues with renewed pace after the stop.
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Bayou
The
Big Loop
Spaniard Credit for the Frankfurter Origin of the Hot Dog
An article traces the hot dog to Bologna and Barcelona, noting bulls slaughtered in Spain inspired a butcher to mix bull meat with pork into a sausage. Germans adopted the form, Vienna called it Weenie, Frankfort named it Frankfurter, Coney Island popularized it as hot dog. A New York stand reportedly sells five to ten tons daily in peak season.
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Bologna
Spain
Frankfort
Vienna
Coney Island
Coultiers’ Magazine
Sugar from dahlia era: new sugar from tubers tested
Science reports a shift to beet and new tubers for levulose sugar. Domestic sugar plants idle much of the year may run on artichoke then dahlia tubers. Crystallization issues improve. levulose now produced as syrup or powder. Separate note mentions two egg-laying mammals latpus and anteater.
Fate and Valor of Lord Cardigan at Balaklava
A compressed reminiscence recounts Lord Cardigan leading the Light Brigade at Balaklava facing Russian fire. It notes his luck in survival amid heavy casualties and a later fatal horse accident in an English lane. The passage cites Albert Payson Terhune via Hearst's Cosmopolitan.
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Lord Cardigan
Light Brigade
Balaklava
Cardigan
Albert Payson Terhune
Hearst
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Missouri
Virginia
Hugh Pendexter
Law Down
Hull Down
Portobello-O
Point Counee
Twight
Monmonsieur
By Albert Payson
Terhune
Chapter
Dahlia
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