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A Stronger Game than the Thimbles in Natchez
A Kentucky man arrives at Natchez with produce, converts his pay to specie, and outsmarts a Thimble Rig gambler. On a riverbank, the swindler lures him with shells and thimbles, but the Kentuckian seizes his money and belongings, escapes by boat, and taunts the gambler. The tale ends with a challenge to future games aboard the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez
Gamb
Kaintuck
Salt River
Thimnbles
Gen. Putnam
Cow Neck
Mississippi
Peru Hotel
Miami
M. Fenimore
Peru
Broadway
D. R. Bearss
WM. B. Nicoles
Broadway & 3d Streets
Port
Ocy
Old Street
Isaac Robertson
Ty, R
Tur Wabash and Erie Packet Boat Company
Fort Wayne
Logansport
Port Wayne
Delphi
State Line
Tias
Georgetown
Erie
Wabash
Myre Canal
Indiana and Clyde
Maumee City
Perrysburgh
Toledo
Manhattan
Maumee River
Repida
Parc Wayne
Michigan City
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Nelson
C. Conk
Pittsburgh
Mitch
Messrs. Shinn & Sellers
COOK
Newville
Shinn & Sellers
D&e
D. Carpenter & Co
Fur Eale
Devrees