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QUERARD, Louis François (kay-rar), West Indian
poet, born in Dondon, Santo Domingo, in 1706; died in Cape Francais in 1749. His
father was a colonial magistrate, and the son held for several years an office
in the department of the king's lieutenant at Cape Francais.
In 1736 he published a volume of verses, "Melodies
Indiennes" (Cape Francais), which was received with favor. The author pretended
in his preface that he had translated and adapted into French the Indian
recitatives that were sung at festivities. Encouragement was given him and he
received 300 livres from Cardinal Fleury. But Querard pretended afterward to
give a new series of Indian poems, which represented the natives as having
attained a far greater state of civilization than the early discoverers had
credited them with, and he was accused of imposing on the public.
His Indian poems are now considered to rank with
Villemarie's Celtic songs, and the poem of Clotilde de Surville. The greater
part was certainly the original work of the author. They are :
"Chants de guerre des Caraibes" (Cape Francais, 1737); "Chants de victoire au
retour de la bataille" (1737); "L'appel aux armes" (1738); "Lamentations d'un
Indien sur le corps de sa fille" (1740); "Danses de mariage" (1740); and "De
l'écriture Caraibe: comment les Indiens conservaient la mémoire des événements
importants au moyen d'un systeme de cordelettes de diverses couleurs" (1741),
which Querard wrote in answer to his detractors.
QUERARD, Louis Francois (kay-rar), West Indian poet, born in Dondon, Santo Domingo, in 1706; died in Cape Frangais in 1749. His father was a colonial magistrate, and the son held for several years an office in the department of the king's lieutenant at Cape Francais. In 1736 he published a volume of verses, "Melodies Indiennes" (Cape Frangais), which was received with favor. The author pretended in his preface that he had translated and adapted into French the Indian recitatives that were sung at festivities. Encouragement was given him and he received 300 livres from Cardinal Fleury. But Querard pretended afterward to give a new series of Indian poems, which represented the natives as having attained a far greater state of civilization than the early discoverers had credited them with, and he was accused of imposing on the public. His Indian poems are now considered to rank with Villemarid's Celtic songs, and the poem of Clotilde de Surville. The greater part was certainly the original work of the author. They are" Chants de guerre des Caraibes" (Cape Francais, 1737); "Chants de victoire au re-tour de la bataille " (1737); "L'appel aux armes " (1738) ; "Lamentations d'un Indien sur le corps de sa fille " (1740); " Danses de mariage" (1740); and " De l'dcriture Caraibe" comment les Indiens con-servaient la mdmoire des dvdnements importants au moyen d'un systeme de eordelettes de diverses couleurs" (1741), which Querard wrote in answer to his detractors.
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