Prairie des femmes road

Bedroom In the Flood

God's Eye

Flood of 2016

Trampoline

Journals 2003

At the Saint Thérèse

July 15 sunset set

Cet arbre portera désormais son nom.

Live Crawfish

In

You ain't got no business at the Angola Ferry

Red as a cardinal

At my desk

In the kitchen

Journals 2003

Au long du Bayou Teche

Venus of Two O Clock Bayou

New Era Louisiana

July 14, 2016

Paintings of the PDF

Morning of July 1

Plairie des femme

July 7, 2016

Opelousas Road

At the Heart of the Prairie des Femmes

La Maison en Juin

Swans

Prairie des Femmes may 2016

On Bayou Fuselier Road

swamp rose may 2016

The life of Pdf

Mother's Day 2016

Prairie des Femmes is a Lil Prairillon

At first I feared this place. While building our house Louis lived in a 70's pull camper out in the field. Sometimes at night we sat in the round of light that came from the sliding doors and illuminated our tiny half moon of the prairie. I was aware of the animals and the alive feeling of the praire at night. In 2005 after the hurricane came we came straight to the Prairie des Femmes, no place felt safer. 

prai·ril·lon

noun \prāˈrilyən, preˈrilən\

-s

Full Definition of PRAIRILLON

:  a small prairie

Origin of PRAIRILLON

AmerF, dim. of F prairie — more at prairie

Stories of other Prairie des Femmes

 In search of the Prairie des Femmes, I found this snip from a book from the year 1867. Different Prairie des Femmes (in Germany) but it is the only mention of her I have found that is not in Louisiana:

 "C'est là, dans la Prairie des Femmes
(Idisiawizo), vraisemblablement entre Hameln et Rinteln, que les Romains livrèrent la plus grande bataille dont les annales germaniques fassent mention."

"It is there, in the meadow of women
(Idisiawizo), likely between Hameln and Rinteln,
that the Romans fought the largest battle which the Germanic Annals do mention."

"Dictionnaire De La Conversation Et De La Lecture Volume 1" by William Duckett (fils)

 Distance from Rinteln to Hameln

From Oregon Pioneers by Francis Ermatinger.

In the Flathead country he (Ermatinger) had made camp somewhere near Evaro or Arlee,  Montana...to settle down and trade with Salish tribes.... In order to get rid of his stock of goods and trinkets he knew he would have to get the tribes into a good mood before any serious and profitable business could be done. He devised an idea of a foot race, the contestants to be the women of the camp. The winner was to get an assortment of trade trinkets as prize. Being born gamblers the Pend d’Oreilles and Flatheads were ready for the fun. Forty or so hopeful girls lined up on a race course laid out on a trail. They were to race to a large pine tree and back, about two and a half miles. On a signal from Francis they dashed off, amid cheers and encouragement from the husbands and admirers, some of which excitedly galloped off with them on ponies. Mary Three Dresses (Cha - teel - she - nah) and her sister, Che - la - sil - shin - nah, were possibly some of the racers. The winner of the foot race was the “young and beautiful” Eugenie “E - sha - nee” (or Silemongelopo) Bear Tracks, wife of Charles LaMoose. Who won a pile of cloth, beads and trinkets for her victory . Mrs. LaMoose was famous afterwards as the “race woman” in Flathead folklore. She was fleet of foot even in later years. When her young grandson playfully shot her in the back with his little arrow, she amazed him by hoisting her buckskin skirt and running him down.” Francis gave consolation gifts to all the racers, and as a result he was able to carry on some very good trading. For years afterwards the place of the race was called “Course* des femmes” meaning "Prairie of the Women. “Ellen Big Sam, a full - blood of 71 years, says the race was held on a flat at the top of the Evaro Grade. The Indians call it Sin - shel - oi, which means “Place where water flows two ways.” Men and Trade on the Northwest Frontier as shown by the Fort Owen Ledger, George Weisel, p 26 - 27 Course des Femmes Creek is now called Finlay Creek, near Arlee, Montana. Arthur L. Stone wrote in the “Missoulian” as part of the “Following Old Trails” in 1913 , “that Armintinger used to describe the race with keen zea l .” Some say the race was at Arlee on the southern edge of Jocko Valley but others that it was at Evaro.

*I understand course means race, track not prairie as stated above. -PDF

La Sauce des Ouaouarons et des Chevrettes

La Sauce des Ouaouarons et des Chevrettes

Ashlee Michot

Il était une fois au souper des hommes de la Ville Platte au outdoor kitchen de Richard Morein que que T-Caillou était la après brasser la chaudière. Grosse culière dedans le pot, il m’as dit d’endans la boucane “Si tu veux cuire des ouaouarons avec des chevrettes, ah! Mais ça c’est bon quand tu mêles ça ensemble ouais! Mais il faut que ça prend deux hommes pour cuire parce que la moité des ouaouarons vont sortir de la chaudière et l’autre moitié vont manger les chevrettes, ça fait, tu parles d’une bataille pour cuire une sauce des ouaouarons et chevrettes, ouais!”

Après souper il y’avait un homme, j’vas pas le nommer, il était après manger son deuxième ou troisième assietté de la sauce et il dit «mais il y a des ossailles dedans les chevrettes! » Moi j’ai bien guetté parce que j’ai jamais vu ça avant, des osailles de chevrette! Il dit j’crois il ya des places dedans le pays qu’a un tas de toxic waste et peut-être eux, ces toxic waste chevrettes-là-là ont des ossailles. Mais en fin c’était pas la vérité, c’était des ossailles des ouaouarons, comme on connaît, pas les ossailes de chevrette. Mais comme tout le temps au souper dedans la Ville Platte la sauce était bon et la charade était intéressant ausitte.

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