The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-31

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his congregation thought he was curs-
ing them, when he simply made use
Of the words he had been taught by
his unworthy instructor; and how he
promptly declared that that particular
Indian was possessed of the devil-all'
these things and many more are to be
gathered among the French who still
linger along the Acadian coast.
Annapolis is on the site of Port Royal,
but there are no signs Of the French
town save the outworks of the fortress,
and these are OvergrOwn with grass
in such q fashion that in some quar-
ters it Is difficult to trace the lines Of,
the old French fort, and to tell where
they began, and where they ended. In
the neighbOrhOOd, however, from time
to time discoveries are made, Of i'm
plements which were hurriedly con-
cealed by the inhabitants before their
removal, perhaps in the hope that at
some time they would return; of spoons
and the vessels used in the sacred Of
fees of the church, hurriedly buried
by the people just previous to the sad
embarkation. Two or three French
churches are still to be found in the
~neighborhood, generally either on a
| hilltop or on q site that commands an
| extensive view of the neighborhoOd,
| and wherever there is a site there is
certain to lurk in the neighbOrhood 4
tradition of buried bells or buried treas
ure left in charge of the priest and by
him concealed when the English took
| the population away.
In one of these Annapolis graveyards
there is a tomb which connects Acadia
with Spain, and with the memory OF
| E~ngland's greatest modern general. 1t
is the tomb of GregOria Remonia An
tonia. She was Il Spanish girl, and
while the Duke of Wellington was
making his triumphant campaign
through the Spanish peninsula she was
unfortunate enough to attract his at
tention. An amour, not at all to the
credit of the English general, followed,
and in her simplicity she fell an easy
prey to his wiles. She expected him to
marry her; there is reason to believe
that he promised to do so, but, soon
firing of her, he compelled her to marry
an Englishman Of low degree, a rough
man, and gave him the necessary funds
to emigrate to America. To Nova SEQ
tia came this man with his wife, and
| settled at Annapolis, where for many
years the Spanish lady languished with
a broken heart, far from her native
| home and the people of her race.
Memories Of her still survive in the
town, an elegant little old Spanish
lady who always dressed in silks n
laces, and who by her native gentility
invariably commanded the respect of
her associates, and by her kindness Of
heart attracted their esteem.
There is a pleasant antiquity about
| the houses Of Annapolis, for while
| many of them are new, in some manner
| best known to themselves the archi.
tects manage to give them the appear
ance of being old. The style of architec-
| ture is antiquated. The houses have
neither shutters nor blinds; bay win
| dOws are numerous and Of generOua
I proportions, and give even the small
houses an aspect of impertinent Curl
| osity, as though their inmates wished
to look out in as many directions as
| possible. After the and win
ters of a few years have roughened the
exterior it s'impossible to distinguish
a comparatively new house from one
built 100 years ago. for whatever other
| changes may have been wrought in the
dwellings of old Port Royal there have
been none in architectural styles, and
the people seem to be just as well salts
fled to live in houses like those inhab-
tied by their grandfathers as they
would in buildings with all modern
conveniences, for in Annapolis style
counts for very little. Save in this par
ticular the city is remarkable for moth
ing, and, indeed, the whole coast, given
up as it is to fishing villages and the
homes of fishermen and simple farming
folk, is In nc way distinguished from
other localities of the same kind. Only.
the tragedy that was enacted here
causes it to be remembered, and even
that might have passed into partial OBJ
security had not the lines of Longfellow
preserved it from oblivion.