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Acadian Reminiscences - Felix Voorhies
Felix Voorhies
Acadian Reminiscences
The True Story of Evangeline
Published by Good Press, 2022
goodpress@okpublishing.info
EAN 4064066208899
Table of Contents
Acadian Reminiscences
The True Story of Evangeline
By Judge Felix Voorhies
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
Acadian
Reminiscences
Table of Contents
The True Story of Evangeline
Table of Contents
By Judge Felix Voorhies
Table of Contents
Introduction By Felix Birney Voorhies
Price $2.00
E. P. Rivas
, Publisher
New Orleans, Louisiana
A Modern Conception of Evangeline
A Modern Conception of Evangeline
Posed by Rev. A. T. Kempton
Introduction
Table of Contents
Acadian Reminiscences, depicting the True Life of Evangeline, is a story centered about the life of the Acadians whose descendants are now residents of the Teche Country also known as the Land of Evangeline.
These people lived a pure and simple life with an unbounded devotion to their religion and with an unshakable faith in their God. Their love for one another is unparalleled in the annals of human history, to which may be attributed their fortitude and perseverance in their travels from Canada, upon being expelled by the British, to their chosen Land on the banks of Bayou Teche.
The author, Judge Felix Voorhies, relates the story as it was told to him by his grandmother. The story begins by telling of the native land of these Acadians and of the village of St. Gabriel from which they were driven when the French Province was surrendered to the British. It tells of members of the same families being separated and placed aboard different ships and some never to see each other again. The story tells of their landing in Maryland and after some time, hearing that members of theirs and other families having landed in Louisiana. This news brought encouragement and determination, in face of great dangers, to travel to the beautiful Land of the Teche.
The author was best able to present this story as it was handed down to him by word of mouth by his grandmother who adopted Evangeline when orphaned at an early age. The writer repeats the story in a simple narrative manner characteristic of the Acadians.
To this day travelers may visit the quaint town of