Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Angelette Felecin Duet
(Not sure who he is interviewing);
00:00:05 - Duck hunting; Story about the first time he went duck hunting;
00:03:20 - Islands and ridges getting smaller in the marsh; Storm in 1906; They moved there in 1915; New Orleans is sinking;
00:07:20 - The ridge at Leeville was 100 ft. wide, now it is gone; People moved from Cheniere Caminada and Leeville to Golden Meadow; They moved their house from Leeville;
00:09:45 - Old houses in Leeville; Kitchen in the back, oven outside; Made with moss and dirt––bousiller; She talks about how she made her wedding cake;
00:13:10 - Mr. Martin; Toll collector on the canal; Gumbo mele (?);
00:14:40 - They came to Golden Meadow in 1915; There was a school in Leeville before 1915; Melancon; He went to school in Cheniere too; He graduated third grade; She went to school for two years, one in French and one in English;
00:17:15 - They didn't have a lot of formal education, but they knew a lot about the marsh; By 17, he was a captain;
00:19:14 - General store; They had 14 children, all had a good education; They talk about their children and where they are living now;
00:24:40 - (Audio goes out);
Interview with Mr. Felicien Duet Jr. (Duhe?) at his home in Galiano;
00:25:10 - Talking about a case; His father is 73 years old; Fala and Bayou Blue; L'esquin (?); About 2-3 families in L'esquin; Started sinking so they moved to Fala; Trappers and fishermen;
00:28:30 - Gardening; Canals; Cattle; Digging a trainasse;
00:30:30 - French settlers in Pointe-aux-Chenes; Sugarcane;
00:33:00 - Chinese workers at platforms near Grand Isle; Shrimp and fish;
00:35:00 - Fish in the summer and trap in the winter; They used to farm, but not many people do anymore;
00:37:30 - His dad was a buyer for Steinberg (?) company; They would stay out trapping from December to March; They had houseboats/flatboat, but now they have camps and faster boats;
00:39:15 - Harrison Cheramie, his uncle, had a grocery boat; They'd trap from Pointe-aux-Chenes to Leeville; Muskrat and Otter; Nutria;
00:43:55 - Trapping at Fala; Bootleg;
00:45:45 - *Audio cuts out for 30 seconds*; Trusting people's words;
00:48:00 - 3 families in Fala; 7 sons and 2 daughters; Those families have been there for more than 100 years; No electricity or screen;
00:52:30 - Some of the sons spend a lot of money; Family in Bayou Blue;
00:56:10 - Another Indian couple lives at Bayou Blue; Nobody lives at L'esquin anymore;
00:58:00 - Kids going to school by boat; Kids today are bad;
01:00:15 - He has about 12 people trapping for him; His dad had about 25-30 people; Sometimes they would walk in the marsh; Leases for hunting and trapping;
01:04:00 - They are looking at a map; Vurdin;
01:05:50 - They talk about case involving land ownership; Lawyers;
01:08:45 - Talking about a French speaking family;
01:12:05 - Lawrence Vaudin (Vurdin?); Meaning of Fala; Many local places have French names;
01:15:10 - Davis asks about Palmetto houses; Land used to be $.25/acre; Boundaries for trapping land; People knew and respected these boundaries;
01:18:00 - King's ridge; Platforms in Terrebonne and Timbalier Bay; Chinese workers; *language*; He says Chinese workers were brought in secret like slaves;
01:21:00 - His father had a motor boat; Steinberg buying fur; Fur business; He buys fur; Nutria and muskrat coats;
