Acadian Reminiscences
by Felix Voorhies
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About this eBook
- Author
- Voorhies, Felix, 1839-1919
- Title
- Acadian Reminiscences : The True Story of Evangeline
- Credits
- E-text prepared by D Alexander and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1001: North America local history: Canada
- Subject
- Acadians -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 31245
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31245
- Release Date
- February 10, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Acadian Reminiscences
- 2.The True Story of Evangeline — By Judge Felix Voorhies — Introduction By Felix Birney Voorhies — Price $2.00 — E. P. Rivas , Publisher New Orleans, Louisiana
- 3.Table of Contents
- 4.List of Illustrations
- 5.Introduction
- 6.Chapter One
- 7.Acadian Reminiscences — With the true Story of Evangeline
- 8.Chapter Two
- 9.My Grandmother’s Narrative — She Depicts Acadian Manners and Customs
- 10.Chapter Three
- 11.Rumors of War Disturb the Peace and Quiet — Of the Acadians
- 12.Chapter Four
- 13.Threatening Clouds Overcast the Acadian Sky — The Elders of the Colony Meet in Council to Discuss the Situation
- 14.Chapter Five
- 15.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.
- 16.Chapter Six
- 17.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
- 18.Chapter Seven
- 19.Assisted by Their Generous Friends — The Acadians become prosperous, but yearn to rejoin their friends and relatives in Louisiana
- 20.Chapter Eight
- 21.The True Story of Evangeline
- 22.Chapter Nine
- 23.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 — Transcriber’s Note:
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