Long Claw Stranger From Biloxi in Bear Feast Tale
An excerpt follows the narrator and a Choctaw hunter as they share parched corn and bear fat near Pascagoula. The hunter, called Long Claw, reveals ties to Biloxi and Piloxi, while the narrator senses danger and asks if anyone will offer a Last Cry for him aside from a looming shadow of death.
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Biloxi
Piloxi
Pascagoulas
Pascagoula Bay
Bear
Pensacola
Bay
Damian the Fox
Damoan
Colonies
Damonn
Ohio
White Indian Brampton Steers Toward Pensacola Crossroads
Brampton, a white trader posing as the White Indian, evades pursuit after a tense encounter with Sharp Claw and Pacagoula allies. He seizes a pirogue, buries papers, and evades notice along a perilous bayou route toward Pensacola while reconnecting with Joe Labrador and the New Orleans network for fresh orders.
The Meanest Man in Town Poisons Dog
A mournful scene at the Brewer home on Vine Street marks the burial of Mary Brewer’s Airedale. Old Man Negley comforts Mary as he recalls the cruelty of poisoning dogs and explains how proof in such cases is often elusive, recounting stories from North Jersey and Buffalo to illustrate the challenge of punishing dog poisoners.
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Vine Street
Negley
Mary Brewers
Maury
Brewer
Blackguard
Mary
Gyp
Walt
North Jersey
White Indian Brampton and the Biloxi War Plot
English spy Brampton travels from Mississippi toward Biloxi to warn Bienville of Natchez war declarations. He befriends Joe Labrador warns of danger, meets Jules and Basile Matter, saves Claire Dahlsgaarde, and outwits Damoan the Fox while plotting escape from Biloxi.
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Mississippi
Biloxi
Louisiana
William Brampton
Natchez
Bienville
Brampton
Joe Labrador
Jules
Basile ‘Matter
Maire
France
Claire Dahlsgaarde
Paris
Old Six Fingers
New Orleans
Francois Narbonne
New World
Damoan the Fox
Damonan
Claire
Narbonne
Damoan
Keep an Appointment by the Bayou in Tehoupie Territory
The narrator describes a sundown anchorage at the mouth of Bayou St. Joan Tehoupie known to settlers. The Matters finish their bargain and arrange a log canoe for the narrator to avoid being stranded in swamps while Biloxi is mentioned. Basile retrieves a borrowed pirogue from Le Page du Pratt’s people for transport.
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Pascagoulas
Biloxi
Pensacola
Toonly
Dimonn
Toran
Mattar Pere
Basile
Isle Au Aigle
the Dauphine
Jules
Pontchartrain
Monsieur
Bayou St. Joan
Tehoupie
Hook
Sieur de Bienville
Jules Matter
le Page du Pratt
The Girl Returns to the Picture
A female figure reappears in the storyline as events shift. She seeks clarification of her role and pursues a defined objective that influences the surrounding cast. Her exact identity remains central to the plot’s evolving dynamic.
Consumer's Dollar Breaks Down Necessities and Savings
The average consumer allocates 79.6 percent to necessities such as shelter, food, clothing, light and heat. This leaves 20.4 percent for savings, entertainment, development and sundry expenses.
Queen City of East Antioch’s Storied Rise and Fall
Ancient Antioch in Syria rose near the Mediterranean in 800 B C under Seleucus. It earned the title Queen of the East for its beauty and grandeur. Disciples were first called Christians there. After Jerusalem’s fall, it became Christendom’s center, later changing hands through Saracens, Crusaders, and Ottoman rulers. The 1919 mandate placed the region under France.
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Antioch
Syria
Mediterranean
Seleucus
Asia Minor
East
Jerusalem
Titus
Christendom
Egypt
France
Tidal rivers and submerged valleys shape great harbors
The term drowned river system describes tidal river basins like the Hudson Delaware Susquehanna Potomac and James where sea level submerged the trunk valley and branches. This geological process created excellent harbor entrances at the mouths of these streams.
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Hudson
Delaware
Susquehana
Potomac
James
Dinosaur Tracks Near Grand Canyon Found on Navajo Reservation
Dinosaur footprints on a thin rock layer about seven miles from Tuba City on the Navajo Indian Reservation near the Grand Canyon park in Arizona measure 16 inches in length and 18 inches in width.
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Tuba City
Navajo Indian Reservation
Grand Canyon Park
Arizona
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WN Service
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St. Lawrence
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Trav
la Nouvelle Orleans
Iberville
Tonnerreé
Nouvelle Orleans
Rouge
Mattor Pere
Buffalo
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