From 1751 to 1758, Makandal, a one-armed former slave and houngan, staged a rebellion that claimed some six thousand lives.

`Then tell to me, and this great company, the tale whereof I have heard.' Thus adjured, I, in as few words as I could, related the history of the cannibal feast, and of the attempted torture of our poor servant.

This is not scientific research as such: it's just plumbing.

Along about Tuesday Uncle Cal put out for San Antone on the last wagonload of wool.