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Title: An historical sketch of the Acadians, their deportation and wanderings, together with a consideration of the histotical basis for Longfellow'a poem Evangeline;
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bible, George P(otter), 1858- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Acadians
Publisher: Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ement 123-133 CHAPTER XX. Bayou Teche Settlement—Cables Description—Fortier—Judge Joseph A. Breauxs Description—The Cadian or Cajan 134-137 CHAPTER XXI. The Real Evangeline—The Story of Emmeline Labiche,as Handed Down by Tradition in the Mouton family—Communicated by Senator Mouton to Longfel-low 138-141 ILLUSTRATIONS OPP. PAGE :Map of the Acadian Settlements 17 Annapolis (Port Royal) 21 Magazine in Old Fokt, Annapolis 28 Ruins of French Fort, Annapolis 38 Old Church at Grand-Pre, built 1804 44 Old Poplar Trees, Grand-Pre 48 Gaspereau Valley and Village 57 Woleville (Grand-Pre in distance to right) 66 Gaspereau River ( Falmouth in distance ) 88 Old Well and Willows in Front of Church, Grand-Pee 91 Grand-Pre Meadows 99 Cobnwallis 112 Old Blacksmith Shop on the site of the one used bythe Acadians, Grand-Pre 121 Wooden Chest belonging to an Acadian Exile 147 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ACADIANS Zi)tix JBeportation anti ?l2Ianticrtnss 2 (2 S z Q W < 2 o W < J THESETT 1 1
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CHAPTER I. THE LAND OF THE ACADIANS. This i-s the forest primeval; but ichere are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe, when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman f Where is the thatch-roofed village, the home of Acadian farmers,— 3Ien whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands. Darkened by shadows of earth, but reflecting an image of heaven^ Waste are those pleasant farms, and the farmers forever departed! Scattered like dust a7id leaves, when the mighty blasts of October Seize them, and whirl them aloft, and sprinkle them far oer the ocean. Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pre. Ye icho believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient.Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of a womans devotion.List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest;List to a tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy. The history of Acadia and its early settlers, theAcadians, has a peculiar and fascinati

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