29848: Horelle (reply) Re: 29842: Jenson: (query) "mazulitapan" (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Guy Horelle <g.guyhorelle@knology.net>

To make a long story short., it could be because the family  DUPLEIK 
famous/infamous., notorious!! to say the least was the chief engineer of the 
French establisment in India,.  with his power reflecting all away to the 
french holdings in the new world..the 'French Antilles' his story is just 
extraordinary...he died in Paris under Louis de XV after the king of France had 
recall bck to France and really under a very stupid arrangement gave away their 
holding in India to the British....he died a poor man in Paris....but to return 
to your query...He was indeed a brilliant man but a tyrant and a ferocious at 
that...their is a Medaliion in the Musee du Louvre in Paris a copy of the 
original I believe that may explain the connection to Haiti...(this is pure 
speculation but quite possible) he was also a vain man and had a huge banner 
made of white silk close to 13 feet  with a golden sun. in the back of the 
Medallion that shows the ' Etendard!!' is inscribe with the following 'Moussa 
fersing debite in loco constitutus'  translate to french lousely  Muzzafer 
-Zing nomme au poste merite...anyway at that time when he left India He took 
with him beside his family and friends a whole cohorts of his guard..and some 
of them quite logically enroll with the french navy to the new world.They were 
quite ferocious in their ways....and of course weared a white scarff of silk 
made from Mazulitapan!! no doubt they end up some of them at least  as cheftain 
of the Plantations in Haiti and elsewhere carrying with them their ways with 
slaves 'and earlier form of the ' Legion' in Africa ., Algier, Maroc 
etc....with their special cap and uniform in the sahara....so thus...the 
Mazulitapan  was the only way that the slaves could describe to the Marron what 
they look like......by the way DUPLEIX  died in Paris the 11th of November 
1763....later with the help of others and families France finally understood 
what this was all about restore his name much later ....well it's a nice story 
that I believe has legs....I compress the story as much as possible to get to 
your a possible answer...guy