He had practised it often, and had lassoed many a long-horned bull upon the prairies of Opelousas and the Attakapas.
The first defensible position was at the Bayou Vermilion, thirty miles south of Opelousas.
"Us was both slaves on de old plantation close to Opelousas," Pauline began.
Some parts of the prairies of Opelousas are of great fertility, and those of Attakapas are still more so.
Franklin College, in Opelousas was also incorporated in 1831, under the same favorable auspices.
