marass

Updated: May 20, 2025

The officer remarked that "such impudence was refreshing;" but the experienced interpreter translated freely. "He says: 'Why you don't want?" said the interpreter. The old slave-trader answered at some length. "He says," said the interpreter, again turning to the officer, "the marass is a too unhealth' for peopl' to live." "But we expect to drain his old marsh; it's not going to be a marsh."

George Washington Cable - Old Creole Days