Mason's Ruffians
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Mason's Ruffians
Sort Name:
Mason's Ruffians
AKA:
Samuel Mason
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Criminal
First Mentioned:
Biography:
Led by Samuel Ross Mason, a militia captain during the Revolutionary War, "Mason's ruffians" were a gang of river pirates and highwaymen who operated in the Mississippi Valley frontier in the late 18th century. The narrative rejects the speculation that the unnamed bandits who were captured and briefly held in the settlement jail were part of this gang, because "even the last of Mason's ruffians were dead or scattered by this time" (5).
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Group
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