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Abbeville, , 211 American Medical Association, 78 Abbeville, La., 4, 44, 51, 163, 172, 198, American Revolution, 135 211-12 Amsterdam, 206 Abbeville Meridional, 43-44 Ancelet, Barry Jean, 65, 96, 239-40 Abshire, Lanas, 64 Angers, Bob, 29 Abshire, Nathan, 57, 59, 64-66, 73 Anselm, Amos, 155, 157 Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Anselm, Eleanor, 155 Coteau, 208 Antarctica, 173 Acadiana, 15-16, 22, 31-32, 42, 72, 133 Antoinette, Marie, 38 Acadian Guards, 139 Apostle of the Teche Country, 209 Acadian Reminiscences, 45 Archdiocese of , 213 Acadians, 35-37, 42, 47, 139 Ardoin, Amédé, 8, 59, 61, 65, 70-72 Acadia Parish, 21-22, 54, 62, 84, 95, 164, Ardoin, Bois Sec, 57, 59, 71 176, 225, 230 Arlington National Cemetery, 168 Acadie, 47 Army Air Corps, US, 163 Acuff, Roy, 194 Army Medical Corps, 79 Advocate, Baton Rouge, 25 Army, US, 226 A Flying Trip around the World, 117 Arnaud, Louis François Désiré, 140-42 Aimee, Valcour, 177 Arnaud, Sarah Burleigh, 140-41 Alabama, 40 Arnaudville, La., 28, 93 Alexandria, La., 19, 122, 214, 223-24 Around the World in Eighty Days, 115 Alice in Wonderland, 127 Associated Press, 13, 105, 186 Allan, Johnnie, 59, 73 Astaire, Fred, 200 Alleman Center, Lafayette, 162 Atchafalaya River Basin, 41, 47, 93-94, Allen Parish, 75, 119 216 Allessandrini, Franco, 164 Atchafalaya Station, 216 Altepeter, Mary Ruth, 168 Athenée Louisianais, 113 Amateur Athletic Union, 225 Attakapas Gazette, 111 Amédé Ardoin Project, 72 Attakapas Indians, 32, 47 American Bandstand, 73 Attakapas Militia, 135 American Baseball Association, 226 Attakapas region, 37, 45 American Expeditionary Forces, 160 Aucoin, Alexandre, 36-37 American Film Institute, 199 Aucoin, Anne Augustine, 37 American Journal of Science and the Arts, 33 Aucoin, Anne Marie, 37 American Legion, 160, 161 Aucoin, Elisabeth, 37 American Legion Post 69, Lafayette, 162 Aucoin, Elisabeth Duon, 36 American Legion, Rayne, 180 Aucoin, Genevieve, 37

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Aucoin, Marie Felicite, 37 112, 125, 138, 181 Aucoin, Marie Magdalaine, 37 Beadle, Jim, 102 Aucoin, Marie Reine, 37 Beardsley, George N., 174 Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, 215 Beaumont, Texas, 42 Auguste, Jean Baptiste Pierre, 143 Beauregard Parish, 97, 119, 231 Avalon Club, Basile, 60, 65 Beauregard, P. G. T., 157 Avery, Daniel Dudley, 44 BeauSoleil, 74 Avery Island, 31-32, 44, 118-19 Beery, Wallace, 201 Avery, Sarah Marsh, 44 Begnaud, Martin, 89-90 Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 37, 137 Babin, Joseph, 135 Bellevue Plantation, 113 Bailey, Alfred M., 118 Bell, J. A., 120 Bailey, Myron, 217 Benoit, Gloria Topham, 107-8 Balfa, Dewey, 59, 66, 73 Berard, Jean, 135 Balfa, Rodney, 66 Berchmans, John, 207 Balfa, Will, 66 Bergeron, Arthur, Jr., 142-43 Baltimore, Md., 186, 210 Berle, Milton, 194 Barber, Miller, 235 Bernard, Alice Geoffroy, 109 “Barbs and Gems” column, 13 Bernard, Marie, 75 Barlow, William, 165 Bernard, Mrs. Hypolite, 44 Barnum, P. T., 193 Bernard, Reuben Joseph, 110 Barrière, Michel Bernard, 209-11 Bernard, Rod, 59, 72-74 Barry, Joe, 59, 73 Bernard, Rosemary Eckhart, 118 Basile, La., 59-60, 63, 65-66, 70 Bernard, Ryan, 110 Baton Rouge Area Foundation, 72 Bernard, Shane, 206 Baton Rouge, La., 15, 25, 27, 78, 122-23, Bienvenu, “Pop”, 124 127, 135, 137 Bienvenu, Marcelle, 125 Baton Rouge Times, 121 Bienvenu, Mrs. Alton, 198 Batson, Ed, 119 Big Trail, The, movie, 204 Battle of Calcasieu Pass, 145 Billboard’s Hot 100, 73 Battle of Elderbush Gulch, 201 Bird City, Avery Island, 119 Battle of Gettysburg, 142 Birmingham, Ala., 107 Battle of Shiloh, 139 Bisland, Elizabeth, 116-17 Battle of Yorktown, 138 Blackham Coliseum, Lafayette, 57 Baudier, Roger, 209 Blanc, Alexis, 89 Bay of Fundy, 36 Blanc brothers, 89-90 Bayou Benoit, 216 Blanc, Ernest, 89 Bayou Bourbeux, 140 Bloody Bayou, 217 bayou Cajun, dialect, 47, 82 Bluebird Records, 65 Bayou Carencro, 32, 140 Blue Camellia, 84 Bayou Carron, 157 Blumberg, Duane, 86 Bayou Chene, 216 Bly, Nellie, 115 Bayou Chêne, 94 Boggs, Hale, 195 Bayou Chicot, 41 Bon Ami, La., 98 Bayou Lafourche, 37, 39, 47 Bonin, Jean Louis, 135 Bayou L’Embarras, 217 Bonin, Paul, 135 Bayou Pigeon, 216 Bonnie and Clyde, 84 Bayou Shaver, 94 Bonura, Henry John “Zeke”, 225-26 Bayou Teche, 34-35, 38-39, 46, 66, 93, Bonzano, John, 213 Index 245

Boogie Kings, 59, 73 Burton, Harold, 104 Bordeaux, France, 211 Bush, Barbara, 84 Boudreaux, Drozin, 89 Bushman, Francis X., 201 Boudreaux, J. C., 198 Butler, W. E., 178 Bougainville Island, 165 Butte la Rose, La., 216 Bourque, Charles, 23 Bourque, Darrell, 72 Cable, George Washington, 45 Boutte, Francois Cesar, 135 Cabrini, Frances Xavier, 77 Boutté, Lester, 172 Cade, Taylor, 25 Boutté, Mrs. Henry, 173 Caffery, Charles D., 160 Boutte, Philippe, 135 Caffery, Gertrude, 132 Boyd, Bob, 107 Caffery, Jefferson, 130-32 Bradley, Omar, 171 Caffery, Pat, 29 Bradshaw, Jim, 76, 176, 208, 238-39 Cagle, Christian Keener, 231-32 Brasseaux, Carl, 15 Cain, Johnny L., 228 Braxton, Edward, 221 Cajun and Creole Music Makers, 65 Breaux Bridge, La., 93, 133, 173-74, 212, Cajun Classic Golf Tournament, 214 Lafayette, 233 Breaux, Eddie, 106 Cajun Coast Guard, 150-51 Breaux, Leon Leonce, 132, 133 Cajun Country, 96 Brees, Drew, 231 Cajun music, 57, 63-68, 71 Brennan, Joseph, 218-19 Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Brewer, Gay, 234-35 Eunice, 59, 67 Briant, Paul, 41 Cajuns of the Teche, movie, 206 Brisbane, Arthur, 115 Cajun surnames, 41 Brittany, France, 37, 47 Calcasieu Parish, 119-21, 137-38, 143, 211 Brooklyn Dodgers (football), 233 Calcasieu Pass, 144-45 Brotherhood of Timber Workers, 97 Calcasieu River, 41, 144-45 Broussard, Amand, 135 California Gold Rush, 111 Broussard, Claude, 135 Calumet Plantation, Patterson, 122 Broussard, Francois, 135 Cameron, La., 144 Broussard, Isaac, 90 Cameron Parish, 119, 149, 151, 198 Broussard, Joseph, 135 Campbell, James G., 209 Broussard, Joseph “Beausoleil”, 181 Camp Moore, Tangipahoa, La., 155 Broussard, La., 161 Cankton, La., 62 Broussard, Pierre, 135 Capone, Al, 92 Broussard, Silvain, 135 Carencro, La., 32, 222 Broven, John, 65-66 Carewe, Edward, 196, 199 Brown, Bob, 228 Carpenter, W. M., 33 Bruce, Vin, 73 Carroll, John, 210 Bruner, William, 96 Castille, Hadley, 73 Bryant, Paul “Bear”, 228-29 Castille, Joseph, 23, 135 Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, 204 Catahoula Lake, 206 Buffalo Cove, La., 216 Central State Hospital, Bujard, Alton, 232 Pineville, 70 Bulliard, Edmond, 181 Central School, Lafayette, 81 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 204 “C’est Vrai” column, 13-14 Burleigh, Sarah, 140 Charenton, La., 216, 217 Burns, Jennifer, 129 Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 97 246 CAJUNS AND OTHER CHARACTERS

Chenier, Clifton, 42, 57 Corpus Christi, Texas, 186 Chennault Air Force Base, Lake Charles, 152 Cosmopolitan, 116, 117 Academy of Sciences, 118 Costello Hotel, Morgan City, 200 Chicago Blade, 69 Cotton States Baseball League, 223 Chicago Cubs, 224, 226 Coulée Croche, La., 96 Chicago White Sox, 225 Council for Development of French in Childs, Getty, 22-23 Louisiana (CODOFIL), 58, 83 Childs, John, 22-23 Courville, S. D., 57 Childs, Tom, 22-23 Coushatta Indians, 40 Choates, Harry, 42 Cox, James M., 227 Chotin, Scott, 149 Craig, Myrta Fair, 180 Chretien Point, 69 Crawfish Capital of the World, 133 Christman, Mark, 224 Crawfish Festival, 132 Church Point, La., 22, 23, 170, 218 Creole Cooking Recipes, 184 Church Point News, 85 Crowley High School, 129-30 Cisco Kid, The, TV show, 204 Crowley, La., 19, 50, 53, 70, 73, 129, Civil Aeronautics Administration, 151 164, 180 Civil War, 41, 42, 69, 76, 116, 138, 140, Crowley Post Herald, 85 142-44, 158 Crowley Rice Festival, 4, 19, 21, 51, 53, Civil War History, 142 138, 180 Clark Field, Manilla, 163 Crowley Signal, 96 Clark, Marguerite, 121 Crowley, Theresita, 218 Cleveland, Grover, 44 , 152 Clovis Crawfish, 84-85 Cyr, Paul, 93 Coast Guard Beach Patrol Unit, US, 150 Coast Guard, US, 91, 149 Daigle, Jules O., 82-83 Coastwatchers, 169 Daigle, Paul, 73 Cody, Buffalo Bill, 204 Dakin, Matt, 86 Cody, Iron Eyes, 203 Dallas Steers, 225 Cody, Thomas Long Plume, 205 Dallas, Texas, 122 Cole, Catherine, 45 Damascus, Syria, 206 Columbia Pictures, 206 Dane, B. L. R., 116 Columbia Records, 63, 71 Daughters of the American Revolution, 135 Columbia Studios, 202 Davis, Jimmy, 20 Columbia University, 49 Davis, Quincy, 65 Comeaux, Malcolm, 61-62 D-Day invasion, 171 Confederate army, 116, 139, 142, 157 DeBlanc, Bertrand, 102 Confederate Congress, 157 DeBlanc, Jefferson J., 168-69 Conover, W. B., 227 DeBlanc, Tonton, 185 Constance Bayou, 149 deBore, Etienne, 178 Cook, Frederick, 118 De Clouet, Alexandre, 135 Cookie and the Cupcakes, 73 de Corti, Antonio, 203 Cook, John, 97 de Corti, Espera Oscar, 203 Cook, Lemuel, 137 de Corti, Frank, 203 Coolidge, Calvin, 132 de Corti, Joe, 203 Cooney, John, 148 de Corti, Victoria, 203 Cormier, Joseph, 22-23 de Gálvez, Bernardo, 135 Cormier, Paul, 100 de la Coudreniere, Henri Peyroux, 37 Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 187 de La Fayette, Marquis, 38, 138 Index 247 de la Houssaye, Alexandre le Pelletier, 113 Duson, W. W., 114 Delahoussaye Grocery, 81 de la Houssaye, Sidonie, 112-13 Eastern Airlines, 123, 151, 172 de la Varre, Andre, 205-6 Edith Garland Dupré Library, ULL, 14, Delcambre, La., 4, 51, 109, 184 84, 214 del Rio, Dolores, 182, 196, 199, 200 Edwards Brothers, publisher, 82 Democratic National Convention in Edwards, Edwin, 17, 29 Chicago, 19 Eighteenth Louisiana Regiment, 139 Dempsey, Jack, 190, 194 Eighth Louisiana Infantry, 142 DeQuincy, La., 121 Eighth Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 155 DeRidder, La., 98 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 132, 226 Désiré Mégret, Antoine, 211 Elmore County, Ala., 40 Dictionary of the Cajun Language, 82 Emerson, Arthur L., 97 Dietz, E. H., 159 Emmons, George F., 145 Diocese of Alexandria, 214 E. P. Rivas, publisher, 45, 112 Diocese of Lafayette, 213, 219, 220 Essanay Studio, Chicago, 201 Diocese of Lake Charles, 220, 221 Esso Greensboro, 186-87 Diocese of Natchitoches, 214 Esso Suez, 186-87 Dixie Plantation, Franklin, 26 Eternal King Crawfish, 132 Dodd, Bill, 195 Eunice High School, 229 Domengeaux, Jimmy, 27, 58 Eunice, La., 59, 63, 66-67, 71, 84, 218, 231 Doucet, Daley J. “Cat”, 17, 84 Evangeline, 23, 35, 66, 123-25, 181 Doucet, Jack, 81 Evangeline Baseball League, 223 Doucet, Michel, 135 Evangeline Club, Ville Platte, 60 Down among the Sugar Cane, 178 Evangeline League, 224 Dreher, Thomas, 101, 102 Evangeline Maid bread, 149 DuBernard, Louis, 81 Evangeline, movie, 199 Duchamp Plantation Home, St. Evangeline Museum, 123 Martinville, 125 Evangeline Oak, 23, 35, 185 DuCrest, Louis, 135 Evangeline Parish, 32, 40, 59-60, 63, 70, Ducrest, Louis Felix, 161 104, 155 Dufour, Pie, 232 Evangeline Pepper & Food Products Dugat, Jean, 135 Company, 181, 184 Duhe, Jean Paulin, 29 Evangeline State Park, 125, 206 Duhon, Claude, 135 Evangeline statue, 135 Dunaway, David, 28 Evangeline Thruway, 31 Dunbar, William, 32 Duon, Jean-Baptiste, 36 Fabacher, Lawrence, 225 Dupré, Jacques, 75 Fairfax Plantation, Bayou Teche, 116 Dupré, Lastie, 75 Falcon, Cléoma, 63, 68 Dupré, Laurent, 75 Falcon, Joe, 63, 68 Dupuis, Coe, 93 Farm Security Administration, 49 Duralde, La., 59 Farragut, David, 145 Duralde, Martin, 32 Fay, Larry, 186 Durante, Jimmy, 194 FBI, 88, 106-8 Dur, Phillip, 132 Federal Trade Commission, 193 Duson, C. C. “Curley”, 114 Ferrara, Angelo, 170 Duson, Cornelius, 114 Fidelity Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, Duson, La., 106 233 248 CAJUNS AND OTHER CHARACTERS

First Louisiana Native Guards, 142 Galveston hurricane of 1900, 77 First Marine Defense Battalion, 162 Galveston, Texas, 77, 144, 187 Fisher, W. L., 120 Galveston Weekly News, 138 Fitzenreiter, Charles, 146 Garner, John Nance, 226 Fitzenreiter, W. L., 121 gaspargou, 93, 216 Flaherty, Frances, 198 Geoffroy, Auguste, 109 Flaherty, Robert, 198 Geoffroy, Constance Melanson, 109 Flat Town Music Company, Ville Platte, 72 Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, 150, 227 Florida, 129, 136 Gibson, Jon, 31 Florida Parishes, 31 GI Had Fun, 226 Florida State University, 168 Gish, Lillian, 199, 200 Floyd’s Record Shop, 59, 72, 74 Glaudi, Angelina, 76-78 Fontenot, Adam, 61 Glaudi, Mary Josephine “Jo-Jo”, 78 Fontenot, Alexander, 32 Gobeil, Raymond J., 216 Fontenot, Canray, 57, 59, 71 Golden Triangle of Texas, 42-43 Fontenot, Mary Alice, 83, 93 Gold Medal Syrup, 177 Fontenot, Merlin, 57 Goos, Barbara Christina Babette”, 144 Forestier, Blackie, 57 Goos, Daniel, 144 Forge, Ernest, 214-15 Gordon, Maxwell, 130 Fort Jackson, 40 Gormley, Frank “Tad”, 230 Fort Tombekbe, 40 Gossen, Joseph, 223 Fort Toulouse, 40 Gradenigo, Marie Josephine, 75 Fort York, 40 Grand Chenier, La., 150, 227 Foster, John B., 232 Grand Coteau, La., 70, 140 Foster, Milling & Sanders, 27 Grandfather’s Chair, 35 Foster, Murphy J., 24-27 Grand Lake, La., 217 Foster, Murphy J., II , 26 Grand Ole Opry, 66, 67 Foundling Hospital, New York, 109 Grand Opera House of the South, 70 Founding of New Acadia, The, 15 Grand Pré, Canada, 199 Four Hundred Dollar Bayou, 217 Grant, Ulysses S., 143 Fox, Felix, 199 Gravel, Camille, 19 Fox, Jay, 199 Great Flood of 1927, 101, 124 France, 137 Green Lantern Club, Lawtell, 60 Francis, Willie, 102-4 Green, Raymond, 165 Frankfurter, Felix, 104 Greeson, T. A., 190 Franklin, La., 26, 27, 34, 94, 111, 113, Grevemberg, Barthelemy, 135 152, 201, 223 Grevemberg, Francois, 135 Fredericksburg, Battle of, 142 Griffith, D. W., 201 Fred’s Lounge, Mamou, 59 Guam, 162 free men of color, 143 Gueydan, La., 59, 64, 92, 203, 205 French and Indian War, 40, 136 Guilbeau, Charles, 135 Frey, Gerard, 220 Guilbeau, Francois, 135 Frog Capital of the World, 179 Guillory, Evariste, Jr., 143 Frog Derby, Festival, 180 Guillory, Evariste, Sr., 143 Fuqua, Henry L., 105 Guirard, Beverly, 126, 127 Guirard, Ella French, 126 Gaillard, Pierre, 135 Guirard, Robert J., 126 Galloway, J. T., 98 Gulf of Mexico, 91, 137, 148, 150, 186 Galloway Lumber Company, 97 Gunfight at Plaquemine Point, La., 22 Index 249

Hackberry Ramblers, 67 Iberia Parish, 4, 25, 31, 79 Hacken, Buddy, 224 Iberville Parish, 100 Hadacol, 10, 188, 190, 192-95 Iberville South, 85 Hadacol Queen, 191 Illinois Plantation, Lake Arthur, 227 Haile, Marian Mumford, 233 I’m Alone, 91-92 Haitian revolution, 39 Indianapolis Speedway, 172 Hal Boyle Award, 13 Inglewood Plantation, Franklin, 26 Hamilton, Ruth, 214, 215 Inhern, Flo, 109 Hanley, Hampton, 170-71 Internal Revenue Service, 194 Harding, Warren G., 227 Intracoastal Waterway, 149 Hardy, Julia, 28 Irish Channel, New Orleans, 77 Hardy, Paul, 16 Irwin, Harry, 145-46 Harper & Brothers, publisher, 117 Harper & Row, publisher, 130 Jackson Brewery, New Orleans, 225 Harson, Mayo, 106 Jackson, Miss., 122 Hartman, Joseph, 94, 95 Jacques Weil, Boudreaux and Leger, Harvard Medical School, 126 company, 179 Hawkins, William, 150 Jagneux, Rufus, 73 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 35-36 Jambalaya Cajun Band, 74 Heard, William, 25 James, Jesse, 89 Hebert, Adam, 73 Jardin des Plantes, 215 Hebert, Donald, 95-96 Jeanerette, La., 49, 54 Hebert, Jean Baptiste, 135 Jeanmard, Jules B., 10, 64, 84, 212-13, 216 Hebert, Joseph, 135 Jefferson Davis Parish, 60, 115, 119 Hebert Publications, 95, 259 Jenkins, Dana, 229 Henderson, La., 216 JIN Records, 59 Herbert, Don, 170, 171 Jivin’ Gene, 59, 73 Herrin Transportation, Houston, 55 John, Harris, 164-66 Hickham Field, Hawaii, 161 John, Harry P., 164-66 Higgins boat, landing craft, 166 Johnson, John, 187 High Water, Low Water, 216 Johnston Island, 162 Himel, Marie, 80-82 Jones, Sam, 147 Holmes, Burton, 205 Joseph M. Cudahy, 148 Holmwood, La., 227 Journalist, The, 116 Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Kaplan, 203 Judice, Doris, 206 Hong Kong, 206 Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, 119 Hoover, Herbert, 132 Hope, Bob, 188, 194 Kahn, Mervine, 62 Horton, John, 186 Kane, Harnett T., 84, 124 Hot Pepper League, 223 Kaplan, La., 203, 205 Houghton Mifflin, publisher117 Keeley, Dean F., 166-68 House of History, Washington, La., 158 Keep America Beautiful campaign, 203 Houston Astros, 224 Kefauver, Estes, 19-20 Houston, Texas, 42-43, 122, 150 Kelly, John “Shipwreck”, 233 Hull, Montfort, 127-28 Kemps, John, 78 Hundley, S. M., 106 Kennedy, John F., 18-20, 153 Hurricane Audrey, 92 Kennedy, Robert, 19-20 Huval, Jean, 135 Kennedy, Ted, 19-20 250 CAJUNS AND OTHER CHARACTERS

Kentwood, La., 155 L’anse aux Vaches, La., 59 Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 84 L’anse de Rougeau, La., 70 Khoury, George, 72 Larrivière, Norbert and Elize, 147 Kinder, La., 41, 130 Larrivière, Sidney Gerald, 147 King Farouk, 131 Lawtell, La., 60 King, Oscar, 167 LeBlanc, Dudley J., 17, 188-95 Koenig, Harvey, Sr., 172 LeBlanc, Estelle, 198 Kornblum, Lester, 165 LeBlanc, Jacques, 136 Ku Klux Klan, 27-28 LeBlanc, Joseph, 211 KVPI-AM, 72 LeBlanc, Lionel, 198 KWKH-AM, 67 LeBlanc, Ralph Paul, 173-74 LeBlanc, Simon, 136 LaBauve, Jean Baptiste, 135 LeBlanc, T. Paul, 223 Labiche, Emmeline, 45 LeBoeuf, Ada, 101-2 Lafayette Advertiser, 13, 85, 100, 151, 159, LeBoeuf, James, 101-2 215 Leeds Foundry, New Orleans, 44 Lafayette Central Park Veterans Memorial Leeds, Paul, 44 Foundation, 162 Leeds, Sarah Marsh Avery, 44 Lafayette Council on Human Relations, Lee, Russell, 4, 30, 49 86 Leger, Mrs. Clarence, 152 Lafayette Gazette, 160 L’eglise du Marais Bouleur, 95 Lafayette High School, 152 Lejeune, Iry, 59, 65-66, 72 Lafayette, La., 57, 61, 79, 80-81, 90, 101, Leloutre, Louis Joseph, 37 127, 132, 151, 160, 175, 194, 197, Leonville, La., 93, 220 211-12, 214, 218, 223 Le Page du Pratz, Simon, 34 Lafayette Municipal Auditorium, 58 LeRosen Grocery, 81 Lafayette Parish, 32, 79, 81, 89-90, 106, Levert, Albert, 178 211, 221 Liberty Theater, 66 Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court, 188 Librairie de l’Opinion, publisher, 112 Lafayette Post Office, 52 Library of Congress, 49, 198 Lafayette Regional Medical Center, 77 Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, The, 117 Lafayette Sanitarium, 77 Lincoln, Elmo, 201 Lafitte, Jean, 69, 75, 91, 138 Lipmann, Fritz Albert, 126 Lafleur, Agatha Dupre, 163 Littell, R. M., 23 Lafleur, Joseph Verbis, 162-64 Little House in the Big Woods, 130 LaFleur, Mayeus, 59, 63-64 Little Versailles, 38 Lafleur, Valentine, 163 Little Versailles Plantation, Vacherie, 177 Lake Arthur, La., 115, 220, 227 Liverpool, England, 36, 137 Lake Calcasieu, 145 Lofton, John William, 107-8 Lake Charles, La., 42, 120-21, 144-46, London, 206 150, 152, 219-24, 227 London Times, 155 Lake Charles Skippers, 224 Long, Earl, 17, 19-21, 195 Lake Ontario, Canada, 114 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 23, 35- Lake Palourde, 101-2 36, 66, 113, 123, 135, 181, 199 Lambert, Catherine, 114 Long, Huey, 7, 22-24, 26-27, 102, 238 Landry, Amant, 136 Long Point, La., 44 Landry, Joseph, 135 Long, Russell, 27 Lane, Gillette, 129 Los Angeles, Calif., 122, 200, 202 Lane, Rose Wilder, 129-30 Los Angeles Times, 204 Index 251

Lost Bayou Ramblers, 74 Martin, Louis Stanley, 127, 159 Louisiana Conservation Review, 118 Martin, Murphy, 78-79, 80 Louisiana Democratic Party, 26 Martin, Wade O. Jr., 125 Louisiana Endowment for the Martin, Wade O. Sr., 79 Humanities, 87 Marx, Groucho, 193 Louisiana Frog Company, 180 Matagorda Bay, Texas, 42 Louisiana Hayride radio show, 67 Matamoros, Mexico, 144 Louisiana Legislature, 15, 26-27, 59, 67, 78 Mathus, Robert Benton, 88, 106-7 Louisiana Literature, 113 McBride, Andrew, 81 Louisiana Orphan Train Museum, McBride, R. E., 230 Opelousas, 109-10 McCain, Henry P., 159 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 176 McGee, Dennis, 57, 59, 70-73 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, 231 McIlhenny, Edward Avery, 118-19 Louisiana State Library, 124 McKeithen, John, 25 Louisiana State Newspapers, 14 McLain, Tommy, 59, 73 Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, 96 McNaughton, Cornelius Duson, 114 Louisiana State University, 126, 230 McNaughton, William, 114 Louisiana State University Medical McNeese State University, 169 School, 79 Meche, Ti-Homer, 96 Louisiana State University Press, 15, 32 Memphis, Tenn., 122 Louisiana Story, movie, 197 Menard, D. L., 74 Lowe, Bob, 161 Merchants Wholesale Grocery, 81 Lowry Plantation, Lake Arthur, 227 Mercier, Alfred and Armand, 113 Loyola University, New Orleans, 215, 225 Mermentau River, 60 Lutz, Charles F., 142 Merryville, La., 41, 98, 231 Lyman, Joseph Warren, 34 Mexican Revolution, 202 Lyons, Charlton, 26, 29 Michel, Louis, 98, 100-1 Lyons, Hall, 29 Millard, Edward, 209 Lyons, S. M., 120 Miller, Jay, 73 Miller, Larry, 61 Maltz Cancer Foundation, New York, 194 Milling, Robert E., 27 Mamou, La., 32, 59, 63 Milton, La., 151 Mamou Playboys, 74 Minnie Pearl, 194 Manassas Junction, Va., 156 miracle of Grand Coteau, 209 Manchac, La., 137 Miranda, Carmen, 194 Mansfield, Mo., 129 Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 77 Marais Bouleur, La., 62, 95-97 Mississippi River, 39, 47, 136, 139 Maraist, Albert, 125 Mississippi State, 233 Marianas Islands, 162 Missouri Ruralist, 130 Marine Corps League, 162 Mobeers, 225 Marine Corps, US, 162, 166, 168 Mobile, Ala., 39-40, 135, 137, 187 Markey, Enid, 201 Moeling, Katrina, 144 Marshall Islands, 162 Moity, Warren J. “Puggy”, 18 Marsh Island, La., 92 Monkey Island, La., 198 Martelli, Frank, 224 Moore, Charlie, 197, 198 Martin, Alice Mills, 79 Moore, Colleen, 204 Martin, Augustus, 214 Moore, Fred, 107-8 Martin, Esteve, 78 Morgan City, La., 26, 101-2, 107, 186, 200 Martin, G. A. “Bedon”, 127 Morlaix, France, 137 252 CAJUNS AND OTHER CHARACTERS

Morning Star, 213 New York Giants (baseball), 226 Morocco, 206 New York Giants (football), 233 Morris, John A., 44 New York Sun, 232 Moss, James A., 160 New York World, 116 Mount Calvary Cemetery, Eunice, 231 New York to Los Angeles National Air Mount Hope, La., 105 Race, 122 Mouton, Alexandre, 175-77 New York Yankees, 224 Mouton, Alfred, 175 Nezat, Peter, 32 Mouton Brothers Mercantile Company, 175 Nezat, Pierre, 136 Mouton’s Gold Medal Syrup, 175 Nicholson, Mildred Kingsbury, 158 Mowata, La., 225 Nicklaus, Jack, 233-35 Mullican, Moon, 67 Nineteenth Bombardment Group, 163 Mullins, Henry G., 151 Norlindo, 148 Munger T. Ball, 148 Normandy, France, 47, 171 Myatt, Ben, 97 Northwind, 173 Myra, Johnny, 225 Oakbourne Country Club, Lafayette, 233 NAACP, 86 Office of Civil Defense, 153 Naguib, Mohammed, 131 Office of War Information, 49 Naquin, Kevin, 74 Old Tom Open Kettle Pure Ribbon Cane NASA, 180 Syrup, 185 Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 131 Olivier, Andre, 123-24, 182 Natchez, Miss., 116, 137 Opelousas Daily World, 85 Natchitoches College, 214 Opelousas Guards, 142, 155 Natchitoches, La., 143 Opelousas Indians, 47 National Film Corporation of America, 200 Opelousas, La., 23, 32-33, 42, 93, 109, National Geographic, 182 140, 143, 163, 211, 220-23 National Indian Day, 204 Opelousas prairie, 33, 61 Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, Orange, Texas, 42 186 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Lafayette, Navy, US, 172, 201 218 New Era, 63 Our Lady of Prompt Succor, 213 New Iberia, La., 29, 56, 70, 109, 172, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing 223-24 Home, Opelousas, 221 Newman, Jimmy, 57 Our Lady of Seven Dolors Church, New Orleans Daily Picayune, 99 Welsh, La., 83 New Orleans, La., 15, 26, 28, 37-39, 44, Our Lady of the Lake Church, Lake 47, 89-90, 108, 112, 122, 139, 144, Arthur, 220 146, 179, 210, 212, 214-15, 225-27 Our Lady of Wisdom Chapel, Lafayette, 220 New Orleans Morning Tribune, 27 Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, New Orleans Pelicans, 223 Lafayette, 220 New Orleans Picayune, 26, 44, 181 Oyster Shell Products Corporation, New Orleans Times Democrat, 116 Morgan City, 108 New Orleans Times-Picayune, 38, 199 Newsweek, 188 Palmer, Arnold, 233-35 New York City, 44, 89, 116, 122, 165, Palmer, M. P., 200 179, 194, 200, 231 Panama Canal, 181 New York Evening Herald, 115 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 181 New York Foundling Hospital, 109 Papa Cairo, band, 67 Index 253

Paramount Pictures, 205 Prejean, Marin, 136 , France, 83, 89, 117, 160, 179, 206, 215 Presley, Elvis, 200 Parker, Arthur C., 204 Prevost, Joseph, 136 Parker, Bertha, 204 Prien Lake, 137 Parker, Ely S., 204 Prohibition, 91-92 Paschal, Ben, 224 Prudhomme & McFaddin’s Store, 81 Paterson, Isabel, 130 Pucheau, Donat, 179 Patin, Antoine, 136 Putnam, publisher, 226 Patout, Appoline, 111 Putnam, Richard, 21-22 Patout Plantation, Patoutville, 111 Patout, Simeon, Jr., 111-12 Québec, Canada, 114 Patterson, La., 121-22, 217 Pauper’s Point, La., 92 Ragin’ Cajuns, 231, 233 Pavy, B. H., 105 Rainbow Club, 60 Pearl Harbor, 147, 161, 163 Randall, Jack, 91 Pearl, Minnie, 190 Rand, Ayn, 130 Pecot, Charles, 101 Raymond, Louis, 113 Pelican, 92 Rayne Acadian-Tribune, 85, 180 Pelican Publishing Company, 65, 238, 240 Rayne-Bo Ramblers, 65 Pensacola Aviators, 232 Rayne Garden Club, 180 Pensacola, Fla., 135, 137 Rayne, La., 62, 95, 176, 179-80, 223 Pensacola Navy, 232 Rayne Red Sox, 223 Perkins, John Addison, 119 Read, William A., 32 Perret, Louis, 222 Reagan, Ronald, 171 Perret, Sidonie, 112 Red Cross, 130, 160, 166 Perrin, William Henry, 114-15 Red River, 40 Pershing, John J., 160 Red Shoes, Indian chief, 40 Petit Paris, 38 Reed, Irene, 67 Pharr, Henry N., 27 Reed, Revon, 48 Pharr, John, 24-25, 27 Reggie, Edmund, 19-20 Pine Prairie, La., 155 Reggie, Victoria, 20 Pitre, Austin, 74 Reid, D. J. “Kinney”, 119, 121 Planter’s Banner, 94, 111 Reinhardt, J. C. “Dutch”, 228 Plaquemine Point, La., 23 Repko, John, 167 Poe, Edgar Allan, 132 Resettlement Administration, 49 Pointe Coupee Parish, 40 Resweber, Leonard, 103 Poitou, France, 47 Reykjavik, Iceland, 147 Polk County, Texas, 67 Ribicoff, Abe, 19 Ponchatoula, La., 178 Richard, Belton, 74 Pont Brulé, La., 221 Richard, Charlene, 10, 218-19 Pope John Paul II, 219 Richard, Jean-Baptiste, 23 Pope Leo XIII, 209 Richard, La., 218 Pope Pius XI, 207 Richard’s Club, 60 Port Arthur, Texas, 15, 42, 150, 205 Rich, Don, 73 Port Hudson, La., 139 Rickels, Milton, 86 Pouponne et Balthazar, 112-13 Rickels, Patricia, 85-86 prairie Cajun, dialect, 47, 82 Rickenbacker, Eddie, 10, 123, 172-73 Prairie Mamou, La., 32 Riley, Steve, 74 Prairie Ronde, La., 75-76 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 254 CAJUNS AND OTHER CHARACTERS

Circus, 204 Seton, Elizabeth, 109 , , 206 Shelton, Robert, 28 Riverlogue Web site, 217 Shreveport, La., 67, 122, 223 Robbins, James Haskin, 173 Shuler. Eddie, 72 Robert E. Lee, 149 Sidney, Scott, 200 Roberts Cove, La., 70 Sieur d’Iberville, 39 Robertson County, Texas, 97 Simon. Gordy, 106 Robertson Hotel, St. Martinville, 99 Sisters of Charity, 109 Robertson, Isabella, 99 Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 207 Robertson, Mrs. C., 99 Smith, Charles “Leather Britches”, 97-98 Robichot, Firmin, 136 Snell, Edmond, 127 Rocky Mountain Athletic Association, 230 Snopes.com, 205 Roger, Aldus, 67, 73 Soileau, Floyd, 59, 72-74 Romero, Caesar, 190, 194 Soileau, Jin, 74 Rooney, Mickey, 194 Soileau, Leo, 59, 63 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 227 Southern Amateur Association, 229 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 49, 132, 148, 150, Southern Baseball Association, 223 227-28 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Roosevelt, G. Hall, 227-28 Association, 229 Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, 26 Southern Pacific Railroad, 43, 179, 181, 214 Roussève, Maurice, 103 Southside School, Lafayette, 81 Roy, Théotiste, 75 South to Louisiana: Music of the Cajun Ruark, Robert, 131-32 Bayous, 65 Ruger, Wagner, 232 Southwestern Louisiana Institute, 79, 86, Ruth, Babe, 224 126, 168, 231, 228 Spain, 41, 136 Sabine River, 41 Speyrer, Antoine, 220 Sacred Heart Convent, Grand Coteau, 207 Speyrer, Emily Quebedeaux, 220 Saenger Theater, New Orleans, 199 Speyrer, Jude, 219-221 Salpietra, Francesca, 203 Spyke, George, 120 Sanders, J. Y., Jr., 27 Stansberry, Alfred, 94 Sanders, J. Y., Sr., 26-27 St. Charles College, 209 San Francisco, Calif., 111, 117, 129, 181, 230 St. Edmund Elementary, Eunice, 84 San Francisco Chronicle, 130 Stephenson, Walter, 224 San Francisco Exposition, 181 Step-Inn Club, Lawtell, 60 Sardi’s Restaurant, New York, 179 Stevenson, Adlai, 19-20 Saturday Evening Post, 78 Stinson, Harry, 172 Scarlet Letter, The, 204 St. James Parish, 177 Schacht, Al, 226 St. John Berchmans, 208-9 Schact, Harro, 148 St. John Cathedral, Lafayette, 78, 132, Schilling, Herbert, 223 213-14 Schmaltz, Robert, 39 St. John Cemetery, Lafayette, 160 Scott, Donald, 229 St. John-Levert Plantation, 178 Scott, La., 52, 89 St. John the Baptist Parish, 112 SEC, 228 St. John the Evangelist Parish, Lafayette, Second Louisiana Reserve Corps, 143 211 Second Ranger Battalion, 171 St. Joseph’s Church, Patterson, 217 Second Vatican Council, 220 St. Landry Church, Opelousas, 164 Seeger, Pete, 28-29 St. Landry Clarion, 69, 229 Index 255

St. Landry Parish, 17, 22-23, 40, 59-60, Thibodaux Giants, 226 69, 75, 84, 93, 140, 142-43, 157 Thibodeaux, Rufus, 57 St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, 220 Thomas, Andrew, 103 St. Louis Browns, 224 Thompson Trophy Race, 123 St. Louis Cardinals, 224 Thruelsen, Richard, 79 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, 212 Time, 147, 232 St. Louis, Mo., 122, 207 Tompkins Square Records, 71 St. Martin de Tours Church, St. Toups, Kathleen, 84 Martinville, 103, 135, 206 Toups, Wayne, 74 St. Martin Parish, 38, 79, 93, 99-100, Trahan, Jean Baptiste, 137 103, 115, 152, 199, 205 Trahan, Joseph, 96 St. Martinville High School, 79, 126 Trahan, Madeleine, 137 St. Martinville, La., 23, 28, 36, 38-39, 47, Trahan, Maria Regina, 138 98-100, 103, 109, 111, 113, 123, 125- Trahan, Michel, 137 27, 135, 137-38, 168-69, 181, 185, Trahan, Paul, 136 199, 205-6, 210-11 Trappey, B. F., canning plant, 31 St. Martinville Post Office, 125 Treaty of Paris of 1763, 39 St. Martinville Weekly Messenger, 109 Treaty of San Lorenzo, 40 St. Mary Catholic Church, Lafayette, 168, Treen, Dave, 29 206 Trinity River, 41 St. Mary Magdalen Church, Abbeville, Truman, Harry, 132, 168 163, 211 Tugwell, Rexford, 49 St. Mary Parish, 24, 26, 34, 79, 101, 111, , New Orleans, 26, 79, 113, 116, 121, 152 229, 232 Stonehouse, Ruth, 201 Twenty-ninth Louisiana Infantry, 143 Storm, Warren, 59, 73 Tyke, John, 202 Strassner, Sandra Hanley, 170 St. Tammany Leader, 230 U-166, 149 Sumter County, Alabama, 40 U-507, 148 Sunset, La., 69 UL Honors Program, 86 Supreme Court, US, 103 Union Navy, 144 Swallow Records, 59 United Artists, 199 Swamp Pop Capital of the World, 59 United States Military Academy, 232-33 University of Alabama, 228 Tabasco sauce, 118-19 University of Chicago, 201 Tangipahoa Parish, 155 University of Illinois, 168 Tangipahoa River, 155 University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 14, 31, Tarzan of the Apes, movie, 201 79, 84-85, 168, 207, 214, 228, 231 Taylor, Richard, 138, 139, 142 University of North Carolina Press, 117 Teche News, 123-24, 126 , 210 Terry, William, 145-46 University of Southwestern Louisiana, 31, Tesson, John, 33 220 Texas, 41, 67 University of Texas, 126 Texas City, Texas, 122 University Press of Mississippi, 65, 96 Thayer, Eliza Jane Wilder, 129 Ursuline College, New Orleans, 213 Thayer, , 129 US National Film Registry, 198 Theriot, Clifton, 232 USS Arizona, 161 Thibaudeau, Amant, 136 USS Dexter, 91 Thibaudeau, Olivier, 136 USS Granite City, 145 256 CAJUNS AND OTHER CHARACTERS

USS Hatteras, 145 Wedell-Williams Aviation, Patterson, La., 122 USS Kearny, 147-48 Weekly Messenger, St. Martinville, 124, 181 USS North Carolina, 166 Weeks Bay, 197 USS Paddlefish, 164 Weeks Island, La., 197-98 USS Wave, 145-46 Weil, Edmond, 179 Weil, Gontran, 179 Valee, Rudy, 190, 194 Weil, Jacques, 179 van Dongen, Helen, 197 Welsh, La., 83 ver Meulen, Edouard, 145 Welsh Rice Belt Journal, 120 Vermilion Bay, 91-92, 150 West Feliciana Parish, 25 Vermilion Parish, 17, 21, 44, 64, 92, 110, West Indies, 39 203, 211 Wiggins, R. L., 105 Vermilion River, 31, 44, 209, 211 Wiggins, Robert Leo, 104 Vermilionville, La., 140, 211 Wilbanks, T. F., 228 Vernes, Jules, 115 Wilder, Almanzo, 129 Veterans Action Coalition of Southwest Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 129 Louisiana, 162 Williams, Billy, 224 Vicksburg, Miss., 139, 143 Williamsburg, Va., 138 Victor Records, 63 Williams, Hank, 66-68, 194 Vidrine, Euzèbe, 104-5 Williams, Harry, 121 Vietnam War, 28 Williams, Marguerite, 123 Vieux Carre, 125 Willis, Edwin Edward, 27-29 Villa, Pancho, 202 Willis, Olanda, 28 Ville Platte, La., 59-60, 72, 104, 163, 214 Wills, Bob, 60, 68 Vincent, Aladin, 120 Wilse, Joseph, 136 Vincent, Madeleine, 36 Wilse, Philippe, 136 Voorhies, Felix, 45-46, 112 Wilson, Mary, 207-9 Vorenkamp, Barbara, 13 Wilson, Robert, 94 Wilson, Woodrow, 26, 127, 159-61 Wade, Michael G., 111 Windrow, Stellan, 200-1 Waggoner, May G., 113 Winn Parish, 27 Wake Island, 162 World’s Fair, Chicago, 44 Walker, John Brisben, 116 World’s Fair, St. Louis, 175 Walker, Lawrence, 73 , 115, 122, 127, 130, 160, War Department, US, 150, 165 172, 201, 227, 229 Ward, Jerome Bonaparte “Black Jack”, World War II, 82, 84, 126, 131, 147, 149, 201-3 163-64, 166, 168, 172, 197, 226, 228 Ward, Jody, 202 Wright, J. Skelly, 104 Warner Brothers, 205 Warner, Jack, 205 Yongue, Virginia, 133 Washington, DC, 148, 226-27 Yorktown, Va., 138 Washington, George, 15, 81, 137 “,” radio show, 193 Washington, La., 69, 143, 155, 157-58 Youngman, Henny, 188 Washington Senators, 226 Youngsville, La., 110, 147 Wayne, John, 204 Webb, Sarah Ann, 115 zydeco, 42, 59-60, 68, 71-72 Wedell, Jimmie, 121-23