Red Beans & Rice w/ Smoked Sausage

      1 lb Dried red beans                     1 ea Garlic clove chopped
  1 1/2 lb Smoked sausage cut                  1 ts Dried thyme
      1 x  Into chunks                         1 ts Ground pepper
      8 oz Smoked ham shanks                 1/2 ts Sage
      1 ea Large onion chopped                 1 pn Cayenne pepper
      1 x  Salt                                1 x  Freshly cooked rice

  Place beans in Dutch oven and cover generously with water.   Let soak 30
  minutes. Add remaining ingredients to beans except salt and rice. Bring to
  boil over medium high heat.   Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer
  until beans are tender, adding more water if necessary (about 2 1/2
  hours).   Add salt to taste. Discard ham bones. Remove about 3
  tablespoons  of beans from mixture and mash to paste; return to Dutch oven
  and stir.  Simmer 15 more minutes. Serve over hot rice.