1846-03-01
Port-de-Paix. An officer of health from there is roughly handled by Samedi Thélémaque at the National Palace.
Haitian
Many voices cried: down with the speaker! There followed a very great tumult. The most ardent men of the different parties eyed one another, even seized each other by the collar; general Samedi Thélémaque laid hold of an officier de santé from Port-de-Paix who was crying long live Riché! and knocked him hard against one of the partitions of the hall; a senior officer, a great Pierrotist, shook his fist at those who favored Riché.
Source · p. 393
Thomas Madiou, Histoire d’Haïti, vol. VIII, p. 393