See 13a, 147.
56. Watson, Ethel, aged 32. She told stories one morning while tending
her sick child at Roseberry Bush, in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
See 13c.
59. White, Thomas, about 40. On my first visit to Maroon Town in the
cock-pit country, he was selected as the leading Maroon story-teller to
recite stories for me in the church vestry, where half the town
gathered as audience. Others he gave me at Harmony Hall. The music he
dictated to Miss Roberts at a later visit. He was one of my best
informants, though an adroit padder with an eye to compensation.
See 5c, 66, 67, 68, 78a, 80, 82a, 83, 87a (note), 93, 96.
60. Williams, Alfred, his friend. He was the Maroon song-leader and,
with White, led the games and sports. A good singer, but an indifferent
story-teller.
See 40b (2), 60a, 72, 73a.
61. Williams, Ezekiel, aged 43. At the time of my first visit to
Harmony Hall, he was head-man on the estate. He was brought up at
Retirement, a big man, very black, timid through superstition, but full
of genuine delight in acting and music.
See 30b.
62. Williams, Thomas, about 70. He was a good entertainer, a man of the
old type, living near Harmony Hall.
See 56, 58, 107.
63. Witter, Oliver, a lad. He was a school-boy at Bethlehem, and wrote
out for me the text of six stories.
See 71b.
64. Wright, Charles, aged 44. He was one of the group at Harmony Hall,
but not a Maroon.
See 9.