Questions on "Posson Jone"

1. Setting:  Where does the story take place?  When?
   
2. What's a "Posson?" A schismatique?
   
3. Where has Posson Jimmy Jone been on business?
   
4. Where is Posson Jone going?  Where is that precisely?
5. What is homespun?
6. Where is West Florida?
   
7. Where is the Place Congo?  What's happening there in the story?  What's special about the Place Congo in United States history?
8. What does "Colossus of Rhodes" refer to?
   
9. Compare and contrast Posson Jone and Jules St. Ange.
10. Compare and contrast Baptiste and Colossus.
11. What happened to Posson Jone's money? 
    
12. What animals "fight?" What's that say about New Orleans?
    
13. Who saves the day?