The Ghosts of Red Creek

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌⁠BY S. T.

To the northward of Mississippi City and its neighbor, Handsboro, there extends a tract of pine forest for miles with but few habitations scattered through it. Black and Red Creeks, with their numerous branches, drain this region into the Pascagoula River to the eastward. With the swamps of Pascagoula as a refuge, and the luxuriant and unfrequented bottoms of Red and Black Creeks to browse