"Allez vous-en! Sapristi!" French phrases meaning "Go away! For God's sake!"
Grand Isle an island off the Louisiana coast, about fifty miles south of New Orleans.
Zampa an opera written by Ferdinand Herold in which a character drowns at sea.
telling her beads praying on her rosary.
pension a term used in France and other continental countries for a boardinghouse.
Chênière Caminada a small island lying between Grand Isle and the Louisiana coast.
lugger a small vessel equipped with a lugsail or lugsails.
quadroon a person who has one black grandparent; child of a mulatto and a white.
sunshade a parasol used for protection against the sun's rays.
lawn sleeves sleeves made from lawn, a fine, sheer cloth of linen or cotton.
