Summaries and Commentaries

Chapters XII, XIII, and XIV

Grande Terre    a nearby island.

pirogue    a dugout canoe.

sea-drift    driftwood, wood drifting in the water, or that has been washed ashore.

Acadian    descendant of the French Canadians who in 1755 left Acadia, a former French colony (1604–1713) on the northeast coast of North America.

dispose    to arrange (matters); settle or regulate (affairs).

cover    a tablecloth and setting for a meal, especially for one person.

Vespers    the sixth of the seventh canonical hours; evening prayer.

Baratarians    natives of the Baratarian Islands, located off the Louisiana coast east of Caminada Bay and Grand Isle.


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