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Acadian Reminiscences
The True Story of Evangeline
Introduction By Felix Birney Voorhies
Price $2.00
E. P. Rivas, Publisher New Orleans, Louisiana
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter One
Acadian Reminiscences
With the true Story of Evangeline
Chapter Two
My Grandmother’s Narrative
She Depicts Acadian Manners and Customs
Chapter Three
Rumors of War Disturb the Peace and Quiet
Of the Acadians
Chapter Four
Threatening Clouds Overcast the Acadian Sky
The Elders of the Colony Meet in Council to Discuss the Situation
Chapter Five
The Acadians Resolve to Leave Acadia as Exiles
Rather than submit to English rule—Before leaving St. Gabriel, they apply the torch to the houses, and it is swept away by the flames.
Chapter Six
A Night of Terror and of Misery. The Exiles are Captured by the English Soldiery
Driven to the seashore and embarked for deportation—They are thrown as cast-aways on the Maryland shores—The hospitality and generosity of Charles Smith and of Henry Brent
Chapter Seven
Assisted by Their Generous Friends
The Acadians become prosperous, but yearn to rejoin their friends and relatives in Louisiana
Chapter Eight
The True Story of Evangeline
Chapter Nine
The Acadians leave Maryland to go to Louisiana
Their perilous and weary journey overland—Death of Rene Leblanc. They arrive safely in Louisiana and settle in the Attakapas region on the Teche and Vermillion Bayous
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