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The data in this hook was obtained from the Archives
of Gana/1.a and from Notes furnished by Senator
P. P. Poirier. Such has been the success of the work,
that the third edition has been exhausted. In this the
fourth, I again take tJie opportunity of thanking the
public for their appreciation of my efforts.
I remain,
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BANISHMENT
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REMOVAL OF THE ACADIANS
In 1740, difficulties between France and En-
gland, in consequence of court-intrigues, kindled
a heedless war which terminated with no less
levity by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. The redac-
tion of the treaty exhibited, on the part of the
French ministers, such a neglect and unpardonable
ignorance that a new war began very soon after,
on the borders of Acadia. The governor of
Canada placed garrisons along the frontiers and
the peace heretofore enjoyed by the Acadians
ceased to exist.
In 1755, the envy which the prosperity and rich
soil of the colony had excited among the militia of
New-England brought on this infamous and cruel
spoliation, an eternal stain on the name and honour
of England, which unfortunately is not without
more than one parallel in the history of that nation.
f^ ^Al/-^
•^^
* nnrofuUv concealed
This ink-tousdecision wa ca-/ J^^.,,„^e a
from the Acadians m oi ^^^^^^ dangerous,
suspicion timt mig^^* ,^1 calling on tlie people
^ lo.^.^^^^<^- -'-^^^ll;^:^., 1755. in.tl.eir
to assomUe on the f'^J^'l i,„portant commu-
diffevent panshes ^^^/Vln^ deceit was not
nication iron, the go;«^"°^^^ Beau-Bassin, part ot
everywhere successtul. ^^^^.^^ ^ ^^
what had rernatned of he ^^^^ ^^^^^^ £
lation took at once to the ^^^^^ . ^^^ j^^.^^^s
Annapolis, accustom ^ o ol^.^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ,., t
a refuge agamst he c ^^^.^^^ ^^^^^^
hands of their foes.
But in the ^S^:^^^^
wealthiest in Acad.a good care ^^^^ ^^^^^^^.^^^
secure the success of ^J" ^ ^ ^^.pidous perhaps.
peacefuUndustnousandnot s ^p ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^.^
Lpondedinabody to ^^e^^^^^ soldiery were
and being secretly smro ^^^^ ^^^^.^, j^^^s,
told they were P»«°'^?'^^, ^^ ,d, forfeited to the
tenements af /-^J^f Jo'thof September, they
rerem':^ ^or the British colonies.
• f^nn fell lite a thunder-
This awful °7-;'^;::tred families. Without
Wt and — - J;3:C and crushed beneath
arms, surrounciea ^y
ed
a
us.
pie
leir
iiiu-
not
:tof
opu-
loo£
L*ests,
not
istro-
the
is the
,ken to
ilation,
erhaps,
>vernor,
■y, were
Lr lands,
I to the
3er. they
thunder-
Without
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calamity, the Acadiaushad to bow to tlie atrocious
law of a triumphant foe ; and on the 10th of
September, the mournful expatriation took place.
That date had been fixed upon as the day of
departure ; and a man of war was in waiting for
them. At day break, the drums were resounding
in the villages, and at eight o'clock the ringing of
the church bells told the sad and desolate French-
men that the time had come for them to leave for
ever their native land. Soldiers entered houses,
and turned away men, women and children into
the market place. Till then each family had
remained together, and a silent sadness prevailed ;
but when the drums beat to embark ; when the
time had come to leave their native home for ever,
to part with mother, relations, friends, without
hope of seeing them again, to follow strangers that
enmity, language, habits and especially religion
had made antipathic, crushed beneath the weight
of their misery, the exiles melted into tears and
rushed into each others arms in a long and last
embrace. The drums were resounding incessantly
and the crowd was pushed on towards the ships
anchored in the river. Two hundred and sixty
young men were ordered to embark on board the
first vessel : This they refused to do, declaring
they would not leave their parents but were willing
to embark with tlieir families. Their request was
immediately rejected, but they were forced into
^ /) 4 A^i/J>
Advanced to^'^-^\*\"" I ," „. no alternate but
td extending to ^"-^^^^^X <^^>^ f "t
they some times could i ts. ^^ ^^ ^,^i^,e.
The young men -^:^}^^ZJ^^ «^ ^T '1
■iirho nassed tmuuo vu(>ve tiie •wuon
In tiiis manner wuc .^^^^.
distress. In tu ^^^^^^ ^^ f % Itsc were
population put on ^^^^^ „j these w
y-ts stationed m tW ^,„,,tes. A^
guarded by six °®'='':' ^^.^^^d, tbe vs'omen ana
!oon as other vessels aum^^^^^_^_^^^, 3^1.
cWUren were put aboard, and >v ^
chuaie ,i„mindtul oi retched
good deal to ^^^.,Hy,
Bevenge. mean ^^^ /concurs to increase
and every -nt-f^ removal and brand -
history. . ^^ cattle
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iietft,
h\ to
but
road
|)\V(led
gs, as
or sou,
vvliicli
wliicli
velease.
seniors,
vow and
ole male
re traus-
lese were
'ates. As
iiuen and
ea, the sol-
a dreary
• wretched
liey had a
officers.
e cupidity,
s to increase
A \)rand it as
of English
the cattle
would con^ivoate round tl»e smoking ruins of
the liomes as expect* igtlie return of their owners,
while the faithful watch dogs were liowling on
the deserted hearths.
According to the llevue ties Deux Monties of
1.S.31, the number of prisoners thus removed in
the district of Mines amounted to 4,000, and it
may be said that the whole French population liad
been banished, as very few could escape.
From the following statement may be obtained
an idea of the wealth of that country. Four thous-
and houses and five thousand stables were burned ;
twelve thousand oxen, three thousand cows, five
thousand calves, six thousand horses, twelve
thousand slieep and eiglit hundred pigs were
taken possession of.
The American colonists, who had long since
provoked the measures, obtained a grant of the
land, and of course the numerous herds were not
without profit to some one ; so, nothing had been
neglected to succeed in that canton, which was
the wealthiest of all.
How did these poor people live in the forests
and wilderness ? through what succession of dan-
gers and sufferings did they pass in the presence
of speculators among wdiom their lands were
divided ? This we do not know ; But we are
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aware tlmt thoy felt tlie pan^s of lnin<;«'i' and the
cold and defendcc] their lives n^^ainst wild l^er.its.
At the present time, we find a small parish of
Acadian origin, growing on the ruins of their
country, in the midst of Britisli invaders. The
population are French Acadians an<l catholics in
every principle and remains as an unconquerahhi
protest of justice. They are the inliahitants who
escaping from British persecution, took refuge in
the woods and later emigrated into several localities
of St. Lawrence.
In 1755, tlie French commanding officer stationed
himself at Beausejour with a small garrison of one
hundred and iifty men, whei'e they watched tlie
movements of the English, wdio later on took the
fort by a surprise. The women and children were
able to escape and hide away in the woods ; who
was soon after joined by the connnander with a few
armed men. When they saw the liames destroying
their houses, the blood of the old Acadians swelled
in their veins, and they listened only to anger
and revenge, they left th(dr wives and children
into the woods and threw tliemselves suddtmly on
the enemies, who, broken by this furious and un-
expected attack, returned to their ships, leaving
behind forty-five of their conu'ades dead or
wounded. After this dreadful slaughter, the Frencli
officer apportioned to the best of his ability, the
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and th«'
I ber.its.
parisU ot
of their
ns. The
iitholics in
mciiierablii
itaiits who
: refuse in
al localities
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er stationed
•rison of ont^
atehed the
on took the
iiildren were
woods ; who
er with a few
3s destroying
lUans swelled
)nly to anger
and children
s suddimly on
Lvions and un-
ships, leaving
ides dead or
ber, the French
iis ability, the
few remaining faniilir's, Honding some in the
islands of tlu; (iulf, while others lotli to leave
])ogn) T-^ain to c' "ar the woods along tlie shoi'es ;
hut the majority of tliose estahliyhed on the shores
had to take refuge in Canada.
In 1757, there remained on the borders of the
Gulf of the St. Lawrence, but very few families,
being unprotected by their small number and by
the remoteness of English settlements, together
with the usual poverty of an uninhabited country,
n).ade it anything out a desirable location.
As to the fate of the people dwelling along the
river of Annapolis, tliey threw themselves in the
woods at the first suspicion ; for they had for sou)e
time been accustomed to such tactics ; but this time,
it was not a passing storm after which tliey could
return to their fields and rebuild their wooden
house. The English levied on them a lasting war.
One portion of the people of Annapolis were obliged
to take refuge, through forests and deserts, with
tlie Savages, while others scattei'ed along the
shores, where, poor and unnoticed, they earned
tlieir living as Acadian fishermen. There, for several
years, they succeeded in concealing their existence
aiiud anxieties and privations, hiding carefully
their small canoes, not daring to till the land,
watching with apprehension any English sail, and
dividing with their friends, the Indians, the supplies
due to fishing and hunting.
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The woodland ^-^^'"^J^ng in customs and
its shade lives ^'^^^^^tTeary and misty shores
language. It is only -;^;tr yet a iew Acajlian
oi the Atlantic that ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ,ie to
peasants whose fathers j^^i^ cabin the
L in their native land ^^ .^ ^^,
spinning whee and the^o^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^
T^he young g^^^^fj/e^ening. setting near the
forest.
* o iprriVxO storm
Since then. li^^e/^^.^C^rf ^Ll the perseeu- ,
leaving wreck and rum .a its^ t ^^ ^^.^^ ^
tion subsided. «- Acadi-sma , ^^ ^^^^ ^
suiferance to es abteh ^^^ f^r so many ,
shores that had been W^ u g ^^^^^ .^.^^^ ^
years. A few. years aftc^ ^ ^^ ^^^^ .^^ntry ,
Lse solitary and ^*^f^«^/ transported by the ,
hy a small fraction of Jhose ^^^ ^^^^^^^^
English in 1765. Such is the m^.in .^^ ^^^^^^ ^^
population in Canada^ath^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ j„, :
?he parish called Acadia, in th^^^.^^^ ^^^^ „t
- , plLe made i-jf^;^^^, t th« home of Evan-
Longfellow and IS know
geline.
, u- ,l,nn of Quebec, dated
A memorial of the Bishop
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day under
astonis and
nisty shores
'ew Acadian
•om exile to
cabin, the
„ in motion.
;man bonnet
,ting near the
Gospel, while
ean roars and
groans of the
terrible storm '
L, the persecu-
ise oi a kind of
openly on the
e for so many
were joined in
s of the country
tnsported by the
1 of the Acadian
•iven its name to
anty of St. John,
eautiful poem of
,e home of Evan-
of Quebec, dated
October 30th, 1757, let us know their number espe-
cially at Cape Sable where a Catholic Missionary
comforted and sustained them against english per-
secutions, this missionary had been called by
th^m, and offered to defray his own expenses.
A certain number still remained scattered in
different places living miserably in the remotest
cantons.
In 1763, permission was granted to Acadians
that had been transported into Massachusetts to
establish themselves on the south-west shore of
their old country near St. Mary's Bay.
The township of Clare, Digby county, was at
the time a ruff and jagged place, remote from all
habitation and accessible only by sea. The Aca-
dians who seem to possess as an essential charac-
teristic, a constant energy and indominable perse-
vercnce were ready to recommence the struggle
and work without loss of courage. They were not
long in putting their shoulder to the wheel, when
the said inheritance, granted them by the com-
passion of their oppressors came back into their
hands. Industrious, hard- workers, sober, they soon
cleared the land, built fishing boats and created in
this deserted country a sufficient thrift. All the
authors are in accordance in their testimony as to
the preservation of the language, national cha-
racter and vigilance to maintain old customs,
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Mr. Halliburton, judge in Nova Scotia, has ^
written the following in 1829 : "While Germans ^
have a tendency to disappear in the English popu- ^
lation, the Acadians live together as much as j
possible ; keeping their religion, language and l^
peculiar customs. They never intermarry with^^
their protestant neighbours. Among themselves, ^
they speak but French." g^,
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PART SECOND.
France has been, till the middle of the last cen-hc
tury one of the greatest colonial powers in the
world. The moment seems propitious to present
to the public the researches we publish here. IV(
is sad indeed in exhibiting the national character^l
to call back the painful end of efforts which, af^rj
their beginning, raised so legitimate and brightj
hopes ; but we must overcome the natural repuli
sion generated by misfortune, and fix our mind.';^|
on these sad recollections of the pass, to deriv
from our disasters, useful informations to guidct^
and strengthen our conduct in the future. WgI
know that it is not without concern for us to foli
low the French people, abandoned in our oli
possessions and to show what has become of thei
posterity, through the difficulties and trials of f
foreign domination. France seems to have forgot
ten, that in the dark hours of her history, impor
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va Scotia, lias ^^^nt populations of her own blood and in spite of
((Vhile Germans misfortune, faithful to their origin, were forsaken
e English popu- \)j \^qj.^ Who remembers to day Acadia, Canada,
er as much as Louisiana or even Mauritius, though so recently
language and \q^^ ? Who has any recollection of places illustra-
ntermarry with|.gj i^y g^ many heroic fights, and the devoted
ong themselves, patriotism of their inhabitants ? It is hard to
awaken remembrances of ou? past glory, and to
point out that France has been the first to com-
mence this wonderful development of civilization
in North America, while losing through her care-
lessness, the generous children she did not know
e of the last cen-how to defend,
il powers in the
pitious to present Courageous colonists, who with energic perse-
publish here. Iterance, have faced persecutions, seduction and
lational character abandon, you have kept everywhere, not only the
: efforts which, ai^radition but also the religion, customs, language
imate and brightuid love of your country. Has not the time
the natural repul-irrived to depart from that selfish indifference
a,nd fix our mindmth which we rev/arded their affection ? Those
he pass, to derivoo whom the greatness and prospects of France
rmations to guid^re yet worthy of consideration will understand
1 the future. Wtihat to call attention on the national question
ncern for us to fols to mind the future eventually laid up for the
ioned in our olfrench race.
las become of thei
ties and trials of ^ .
ems to have forgot
her history, impor
Mrs. M. Guyot.
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EXPATRIATION ACADIENNE
PREMIERE PARTIE.
Les difficultes entre la France et I'Angleterre,
renaissant sans cesse des pressions de Cour, avaient
en 1740 allum^ fort a I'dtourdie, une guerre qui
fut terminee avec non moins de l^g^ret^ par le
traits d'Aix-la-Chapelle, dont la redaction accusait
de la part des ministres Fran^ais une negligence
et meme une ignorance impardonnable, qui ne
tarda pas a devenir la cause d'une guerre nouvelle
5Ur les Frontieres de FAcadie.
Le Gouverneur du Canada y mit garnison, car
apaix dont jouissaient les Acadiens se trouva dc-s
ors completement troubl^e.
Ce fut en 1755 que les milices de la Nouvelle
ingleterre, dont la jalousie ^tait excitee par I'ai-
ance et les riches cultures de cette colonic, accom-
lirent cette infame et cruelle spoliation, qui ter-
ira toujours le nom et I'honneur de I'Angleterre,
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et qui ^alheuveusement a plus d'un pendant dans
le coiirs de son histoire.
• ^ ^veiller Vinqui^tude qui aurait
Pour ne point ^veiUer 1 ^^^^ ^,^^^^^^
pu devenir dangereu e, on conv q ^^^^
pavoi«so les habitants P°«; *^J ^ „te commn-
Ls praexte d'entend e une imp ^^^_
nication du Gouverneu. <Jt^;^^^. ^ ,, ^^i ,tait
tout un 6gal succes A ^ ^,, iso se
,,,td de la popn^- ^^'^^^ j,, w Le^s
sauva en ^on«« P'^f '^.f' L lon-ue date, h cher-
gens ^•^r'T.^TX^ec:nir. les violences ,
Cher dans les f ovets un retu ^^ ^^^^^. ^
de la guerre. ^ attendirent pa no P ^^,^^^^^
nient de ce temWe dvame et I . ^^ ^^ ^,^^_
eux seulement t°f "^.P^^jX, ^.es, le plus riclie
nemi. Mais dans le d^tutW^^^^^^
de toute VAcadie, les Angla^ JPP^^.^„t i^ r^ussite
et un luxe de W^^'^'^''!' ^Z^Ze industrieuse,
ducomplotCettepopiJationp^^^^^^^^ ^^^.^^.^ ,
vnoins d^fiante. peut-etie r6pon ^^^_^^ ^^^_
Vappel du gouverneur et ayant ^^ ^
Je secvfetement P-y.^'^^^^ 7„lonmers de guei-
eesinalheureux.qyJ^-^P^,^^ ^, i^„,eubles
re, que tons leurs biens ^^ ^^ ^^.
^taient saisis au nom d« R-' ^^^ ^^^ g,,, dirig^s
,,e ils seraient ^--^^^L Veuse nouvelle
,ur los colonies Anglaise^- ^^^ ^.^^^^ de
tombant --- un co«P de ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^. 3,„,
ces pauvres tamiUes, les II ii
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mclant dans
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qui aurait
ilans chaque
tcmbrc 1755
mte commu-
eut pas par-
n ce qui ^tait
Francjaise se
les bois. Les
e date, a cher-
e les violences
pins le d^non-
partie d'entre
c mains d& Ten-
les, le pins riche
:terent nn soin
^rentlar(^nssite
)le, indnstrieuse,
i tont enti^re k
it6 anssitot cer-
il fnt signifi^ ^
ionniers de guer-
3S et immenbles
[no le 10 septem-
pour ^tre dirig^s
affrense nonvelle
dre an milien de
:le stupenr. Bans
arnios, entourt's de soldats, ecrases par le nialheur,
les Acadiens subirent la loi atroce du vainqueur,
et le 10 septembre en effet eut lieu la scene lugu-
bre de cette expatriation.
Le 10 septembre le jour fixe pour I'embar-
quement, un vaisseau de guerre les attendait. D^s
le point du jour les tambours rdsonnerent dans
les villages, et a huit heures, le triste son de la clo-
che avertit les pauvres Fran^ais que le moment de
quitter leur terre natale ^tait arriv^. Les soldats
entrerent dans les maisons et en firent sortir tons
les hommes, temmes et enfants, qu'on rassembla
sur la place. Jusque-la chaque famille etait rest^e
rc^unie ; et une tristesse silencieuse regnait parmi
le peuple. Mais (piancl le tambour annon(;a I'heure
de Tembarquement, quand il fallut abandonner
pour toujours la terre oh. ils (^talent n4s, se sepa-
rer de leur mk'e, de leurs parents, de leurs amis,
sans espoir de jamais les re voir, emmenc^s par des
(Strangers, leurs ennemis, dont ils different par le
langagc, les coutumes et sur tout la religion, alors
accablt^s par le sentiment de leurs miseres, ils fon-
dirent en larmes et se prdcipiterent dans les bras
les uns des autres, dans un long et dernier em-
brassement. Mais le tambour battait toujours, et
on les poussa vers les batiments stationn^s dans la
riviere. Deux cent soixante jeunes gens furent
designes d'abord pour etre embarqut^s sur le pre-
mier batiment, mais ils s'y refuserent, declarant
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ne partiraient qu'au milieu de leurs families. Eli ]
bien ! leur demande fut rejett^e ; les soldats croi- ]
serent la baionnette et marcherent sur eux. Ceux
qui voulurent rdsister f urent blesses, et tous f uront
obliges de se soumettre k cctte horrible tyran- t
nie. Depuis I'Eglise jusqu'au lieu de I'embar- s
quement, la route ^tait bord^e de femmes et t
d'enfants, qui, k genoux, au milieu de pleurs, et p
de sanglots, b^nissaient ceux qui passaient, fai-
saient leurs tristes adieux k leurs maris, k leurs
fils, leur tendant une main tremblante, qu'ils par- n
venaient quelque fois a ioucher, mais que le sol- ti
dat brutal venait bientot separer. c'
e;
Les jeunes gens furent suivis par les homme.^ pi
plus ag^s, qui traverserent aussi, a pas lents, cetti
scene d(^chirante.
La population male fut jetee a bord de cin(|
vaisseaux de transport, qui attendaient dans la
riviere ; chaque batiment dtait sous la garde de six
officiers et quatre-vingt soldats. A mesure qui
d'autres navires arriverent, les femmes et les en
fants y furent embarques, et (^loignes ainsi ci
pleine mer, les soldats chantaient en presence de ci
sort si deplorable. Les pleurs de ces pauvres mal
heureux excitaient leur ferocite : ils eurent meiiit
beaucoup a souffrir de la part des officiers.
Vengeance, lache cruaute, implacable cupidite
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parents et qu'ils tout se troiivo rcuni dans cettc (xlieuse execution,
s fauiillcs. Eh pour en augiiienter rinfainie et en faire une ties
les soldats croi- plus honteuses pages de I'liistoire d'Angleterre.
sur eux. Ceux
^s, et tous furont Pendant plusieurs soirees consecutives, les bes-
horrible tyran- tiaux se r^unirent autour des mines fumantes et
eu de I'euibar- seniblaient attendre le retour de leurs maitres,
de femmes et tandis (|ue les fideles chiens de garde hurlaient
eu de pleurs, et pr^s des foyers dt^serts.
li passaicnt, fai-
rs maris, k leurs D'apr^s la Revue des deux 7)iondes de 1831, le
lante, qu'ils par- nombre des prisonniers ainsi enlev^s dans le dis-
mais que le sol- trict des Mines fut de 4,000, et Ton put dire que
c'etait toute la population Fran(;aise que Ton avait
expati'it^e ; car personne ou bien peu de personnes
^ par les homnle^ p{\t secbapper.
, a pas lents, cetti
L etat suivant pent donner une id^e de la ri-
. cbesse de cette contree. On y a brf^l^ quatre
^ a bord de cinti '^^ • . -n 'i. i i
, a, Mwj.^1 'mi lie maisons, cniq mi He etables ; on y a pris
,endaient dans la^j^^^^^e niille bcinifs, trois mille vaches, cinq mille
)us la gaiae c e sl y^^^^^^j^^^ ^j^ inille chevaux, douze mille moutons et
s. A mesure quij^^.^ ^^^^^ cochons.
1 femmes et les en
eloignes amsi ci j^^^ colons Ann5ricains qui, depuis longtemps,
t en presence de ci pj-ovoquaient cette mesure, se firent conc^der ces
3 ces pauvies ma ^j^j^.^^ ^^ ^^.^ nombreux troupeaux ne furent point
! : lis eurent i^^^^'gQ^ns etre a profit pour quelqu'un, aussi n'avait-on
es oinciers. ^^^ nt^glig^ pour r<^ussir dans ce canton ; il ^tait
.placable cupidite ?!"« ^''^^'^ 4"^ ^^"^ 1^^ ^^^tres.
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Conunent ce.s pauvrcs gens purcnt-ils vivre dans
loH bois et loH dt'.serts, par qiuillo suite (ravcnturos
et flo sourtrances ont-ils passd pendant do longues ;
annexes, en pri^sence dos sp(5culatcurs aiix(jucls on <
distribua lours biens, c'cst ce cjue nous ignorons ; t
niais CO que nous sav^ons c'ost (ju'lls ouront k sout'- r
frir la faim, le froid, et i\ se dt^fondre contre les □
betes f^roces. ^ j
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Nous rctrouvons unc petite pai'oisse peuplt^e k
d'Acadiens, debout sur les mines do leur Patrio, au ^
milieu do I'invasion Britanni([ue, niais restant tou-
jours Acadiens Fran9ais et catholiques connne la
protestation invincible do la justice. Les habitants ^
dchapp^s a la persecution Anglaise, se r^^fugieront *^
dans les bois ; et plus tard vinrent t^rnigrer dans ^
plusieurs endroits sur le Golfe St-Laurent.
En dix-sept cent cinquante-cinq, le commandant
Fran^ais s't^tablit h Beau- St5 j our, avec une miserable
garnison de cent cinquante hommes, surveillant les
mouvements des ennemis : mais les Anglais les
surprirent. Les femmes et les enfants parvinrenti
presque tous k s'^^chapper et se retir^rent dans les|
bois ; et le commandant vint bientot les rejoindre,
avec quelques hommes arm(^s. Lorsqu'ils virent lesi
flammes d^vorer leurs maisons, le sang bouillon-
nant des anciens Acadiens se ralluma dans leur,^
veines, et n't^coutant que leur rage et leur desespoiij
lis laisseront dans les bois les i'emmes et le
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it-ils vivrc dans enfants, pour so Jetor a riniiJi-ovistc .siir \vs soldats
lito (Vaveutiu'os einu'iiii.s, (pii, roinpus par cottc; furiouso atta(|U(',
laut do longvitis furent obligtls do so roin]>ar((U(4* apros avoir pordu
irs auxcjuols on quaranto-ciiiq dos lours. Apros cottc liorrihlo Itou-
nous iL^norons ; chorio, le coniinandant Franoais rdpartit do sou
s ouront i\ sout'- mioux lo pou do t'auuUos ((ui rostaiont. Los unos
»ndrc contro Ics oass^ront dans losllosdu ({olfo, losauti'os conuncn-
jferont sur losc^tos, do nouvoau a dt^tViclun' los Ixis.
nais la plupart do ct^ix qui s'c^taiont (itablis sur
haroisso penpl*^'^ '©s rivages los abandonnbront encore et so r/'fu-
do lour Patrio, an ^i^rent an Canada.
uiais rostant ton- ... . -i , i
1., hn dix-sopt-cont cniquanto-sept il no rostadonc
oliques conune la a^ i r< k cj. t ^ i
^ , 1 -i. i.^ ur los cotos du GoIil' St. Laurent (luo pou do
ce. Les habitants i i
^ ,« .V 4- imulos protojfoos i)ar lour i^otit nonujro ot i)ar
qo se rt^^uo-ioront i <-> i i i
' , . " i,_^loignomont dos Anolais, ot la pauvrotd solitaire
ent t^nugror dans ^ ,, , ° -
^" ^^ un ])ays ddsort.
it-Laurent.
Quant k ceux do la riviere d 'Annapolis, ils se
uq, le commandant ^^.^j^^ ^^^^^ dans les hois, au premier civeil, car ils
avecune miserable ^j^j^^ habitues de longuo datoji cette mananivre ;
[ues, surveillant les ^^^ cette t'ois ce n'etait pas un orage passager,
is les Anglais ic^,i.^y^ lequel on pouvait regagner ses champs, et
enfants parvinrent |^^^^, ^^^ maisons do bois. Les Anglais lour lirent
retir^rent dans les ^ guerre opiniatre. Une partie d'entre eux t'ut
lentot les rejoindre,j|g^^ ^^1^ ^^ rt^fugier a travers les bois et deserts,
Lorsqu'ils virent les |j^ furent accaeillis par les sauvages et dos
J, le sang bouiuon-g]j^yj.t, ^^2j^j^^.j-^j^ jjgppj.j,^^^. j^p^^j^ l^^^ ^^^^,
ralluma dans leur^j q^^q^^ ou ils vivaient pauvres et ignores,
lo-e et leur desespoir,
U' t'emmes et losLtt, pendant pbisiours annexes, il parvinreiit a
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titeHbavn<..s.n'.sautH<. i .^^_ ^^^^,_^,^^ .„St
1""-^T"' ::::v^:i -'{.asse .. ae .. p^che. ,,,
ricur, les r.^ssouiocs
t , ..ncorc inais aujour.l lm»I
,o„s SOS o,ul.vcH vH «- - -j:;, 1. ,,vago ..«=
,,,„VHetaelanga,c , - J - ^^^.^^.,j,^^..^, ,„, ,
gvussent oncovo H"; >!;.[/„,, ,,««.- clans leu
los Peres reviurent .le 1 cxu l
pays natal.
|„ fcn cite ■■**""""" fOrfm »"»"• "'
inconsolables aux »
CepenaanUa re,^cut^^;^:^^^
,ne tous les orages. et ''^ ^j^/ ^^ vertement
taine tolerance ^^^\^^^Z\.,.lus'>-^\^i-^
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1 > ;iinu*uUu(WsCeMt-ciiM|miiit(^-einq. Tel ii 6Ui rorij^iiu' dr la \h)
'lit U'uvs po-P^i^'^^''^'^ ■^^''''^^•♦''•^"'' '"'^ C^aiuula, ijui a <l<)iiiu'' soi
Ituiv t'aisantnoi'i it la paroi.sMc appoloo Acadiu, dans lu cuiiitti
Tv-hv Anj^daiH, ('tSt-John.
Indians dc I'mto ^^ ^^^^.^,^^,[^,^, ^o I'Evcmiuu do Qut^bec, date du
(>t do la pec . ^y^.j^^j. Octobro dix-Hopt-cont-cinqiianto-sopt, nous
• ^m.jplniSkppron<l lo noinlu'o (ju'lls c'taiont, priticipaloinont
lirt*(3routo dtMi cap Sable, oil iin missioiinairo cath()li(pio los
1 ,.Urnffp ilJOnsolait (^t los soutonait contro los por.st^cutioii.s
it sur 10 rivagt> »h . ^ . . !
\ \ . nillavdH laiiies An^^dais ; ot co moiiio ini.s.sionnairo avait dto
Aradions donlo'"*^''^*^^ V^^' <^ux (pi'iLs otfraiont do payor.
ur mourn- ^^J^ri^ ^^''' it i • i n ^i. u v
" Un certain noninre ennn etait encore disporso
ill divor.s lioux, vivant niiserablenient dans los
1 voiiot ot Ic nuantons los plus sauvages.
'Tit los jounos till ^
' 1 ot lours ')' En <lix-.sept-cont-soixanto-trois, on accorda aux
1 soir aupv^^^adions, (pii avaiont ote transporfcos dans lo Mas-
W' ntfilo tand^^^^'"^^^^^*^' ^^' <^^^^^ ♦^Ic s'etablir sur la cote sud-
vn ^ n voisiiv ui^uest do lour ancienne patrio, vers la Baio Sainte-
r^ondant on accoilarie.
vits tie la forot. ^^ township do Clare, conite Digby, t<tait alors
' 'it enfin C(^*^ endroit escarpe, eloigno do toute habitation et
\ • fiter d'unectii n'dtait acciissible (jue par nier. Los Acadions
n pvtement sii soniblont possedor connno caractere ossentiol,
• 1» •^^ui»"e lis furi^e constante t^nergie toujours prete a recom-
• 1 lans ces gi^ncer la lutte ot le travail sans se d(^courager
... portion mais, no tardoront pas a etro tranformes, lorsque
1 » 's on dix-seviut outre leur.y mains le triste patrimoine, que
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l„it la TjitW de lours oppres.seurs. hv\
l*^"" '^Tatlux'e -bres, Us eurent bientot^^
t'"? ' 's terres, construit des barques po«t„
p&che, et crt56 dans ce p j U,
aisance. ' ^
. qu'ils y apportent.
Ecosse • ^7;' 2, ao la population Anglaise
fondre dans la »''«;; ^^^J,^^ ^,,tant que poss
Acadiens f ---^^^n le- langage et ^
eonservant lern^^^^^^^^ x^e se marient jamais
CnSr^l^SiUEntreeuxilsnep.
que le I'ranqais.'
DEXTXifcME rAllTIE.
'f^ insau'au milieu dn si^cl
La France a et^, jusqu av ^ -^
monde. Le momem ..echerches qv
PO-.P^«- -J S; Is doute, pou
P"'^' 2 P op UonaLd-avoiv a rapl
trer Vamom V^'>^' j^ douloureuse i
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H oppresseurs. n( ^^.^ ^q^ plug legitimes et les plus brillantes esp^.
s eurent bien o ^^^ . ^^^^.^ .^ £^^^ savoir surmonter cette rdpul-
(ies barques p ^ qu 'inspire naturellement Fhistoire du malheur
desert une ne ^gg^yQJj, attacher sa reflexion sur ces souvenirs
jlancoliques du pass^, afin de tirer de nos d^sas-
i3imemes d'utiles renseignements, propres a ^clai-
et a fortifier notre conduite a I'avenir. Nous
ent en efFet pour
•vation de leur laii[
et au soin vigi
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pns qu'il n'^tait pas sans int^ret de suivre les
in9ais, que nous avons laiss^s dans nos ancien-
possessions, et de montrer ce qu'^tait devenu
dix-huit-cent-vir post^ritd, k travers les difficult^s et les ^preu-
iuo:e dans la nou^ de la domination etrang^re. La France sem-
Mlemands tendent avoir oubli^ en effet, qu'aux ^poques funestes
ovulation AnglaisiiJOn histoire, elle a jadis abandonnd des popu-
1 le autant que poss3ns considerables, sorties de son sein et rest^es
lo IV lansrase et Igre^ le malheur des ^v^nements, fidele a leur
marient iamais ine. Qui se souvient aujourd'hui de I'Acadie,
F tre eux ils ne pauanada, de la Louisiane et meme de I'lle-Mau-
perte si r^cente ? Qui se souvient de ce'^ lieux
tr^s par tant de combats h^roiques, et par le
iotisme si devoud de leurs habitants ? Quoi de
p^nible que de reveiller ces souvenirs de notre
*avi milieu du si^clt'snne gloire, et de rappeler que c'est la France
puissances colonial donn^ la premiere I'impulsion a ce grand et
done sembie favoreilleux developpement de civilisation dont
r» les recberches qui^^rique du nord est aujourd'hui le theatre,
sans doute, pour is que leur mercj-patrie trop insouciante, pcr-
onal d'avoir a rappt-'U^s g^nereux enfants qu'elle n'avait pas su
la douloureuse issidre ? Courageux colons, avec une persistance
h ut avaient pu fairq^que, (jui a dc^fie les persecutions, les sdduc-
E PAIITIE.
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tions, et risolement, ils ont conserve partout, nc
seulement la tradition, mais la religion, les moeu
la langue, I'amour de leur patrie primitive. N'esi
pas temps pour nous de sortir de cette indifFi^rer
^goiste dont nous payons si mal ces affection
Pour ceux qui se pr^occupent de la grandeur et
I'avenir du nom Fran^ais, c'est done s'occuper
I'avenir meme, qui peut etre r^servd k la race Fra
9aise, que d'appeler I'int^reU et les reflexions «
la question national e.
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iservd partout, noi
religion, les moeur|
le primitive. N'est-
de cette indifFi^rencj
mal ces affections;
Ide la grandeur et d|
ist done s'occuper dj
iserv^ k la race Frail
et les reflexions sv
a_