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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