In 1804, at least 30 enslaved people, including six men, one woman, and her two-year-old child, left the plantations of Maria Dupre, Alexis Cloutier, Emmanuel Derbanne, Ambroise LeComte, and Louis Derbanne during an insurrection from Rivière aux Cannes on Cane River. Associated with Magnolia Plantation, they crossed LeComte's land on the way to Los Adaes and sought freedom in Spanish Texas near Nacogdoches around the Attoyac River. Residents of Natchitoches traveled to Nacogdoches to request their return, and a scouting party found them. Although heavily armed, they surrendered without a confrontation, possibly to avoid losing their lives or because Spanish soldiers persuaded them to do so. Returned to Alexis Cloutier, the group then went to Natchitoches, where officials interrogated them. They said they had left because Spanish men had promised them freedom. They were tied to a stake in the town square, publicly whipped, and returned to their owners.