Note 62 — Chapter I · (continued 2)

“Clérac” is thus translated by authority of Margry, v. 573, note. He says it means a workman engaged in the manufacture of tobacco, and is derived from the territory of Clérac (Charcute-Inférieure). With this interpretation we can understand why one of the grants was “Celle des Cléracs aux Natchez” (Dumont, ii. 45).