Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-11
Among the French of the Acadian |

nave come uOWn 10 Ineln Oh Lne lanulnS
of Poutrincourt and how he traded
with the Indians, how the Indians
came to love him and his people, and
how, to the savage taste, there was
so delicious as the bread that
the white men made. The Indians
themselves, though fond Of this dainty,
could not be induced to make 1t, for
the labor Of grinding corn or wheat into
-four was too much for their love Of
ease. and rather than make -four they
preferred to do without bread. And
how Poutrincourt built fort at Port
Royal, now Annapolis, and made a
block house there which stood until
few years ago, when 1t was taken down
by some greedy Annapolitan, who
made 1t into canes to sell to strangers.
And how the savages were converted
and baptized by wholesale, probably
understanding little of the meaning of
the rite; the priest taught them the
Lords Prayer, to which they found
grave objection on the score that while
1t asked for their daily bread the sup
plication did not also include moose
flesh and fish, and how n certain In
dian, instigated by love of mischief,
played a disgraceful trick on the priest
who was endeavoring to learn the Ian
guage, and when the worthy father
strove to write down the names of
various objects, the willy savage gave
him, instead Of the true and proper
names, all the oaths, calculations and
filthy eXclamations in the Indian
tongue, and the CONSERVATION of his
reverence when he subsequently dis
his congregation thought he was ours
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
finger 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 arc overgrown with grass
In such fashion that in some quar-
,ers IL 10 uiiiicuit 10 truce 'le INES oi
,ne oiu freich ior.' hhu W 'eii Where
they began, and where they ended. In
the neighborhood, however, from time
~ .'n.o uia.1..i ',,., 'oe aio ii''ue, Vi iin
aaoIod hu tho ,nho,,it.nts, hasono +lo,,
ronovoI norron. IN tha honn tI,ot -
como tive thov would rotrrn. os snoons
and tho voasoJs usod in tho s,crod of.
Coos of tho cb,,rcb hurr;odIv 1,,,r,od
hy tho noon,o iust nrovious To +ho sod
,orl,ntion Two or tbreo Troncb
cburcbos oro st;II to bo found In tho
neigbborhood ronorolIv either on a
hilton or on site tbot oommonds IN
axtensivo Wow oP +he ne;gbhorbood
and whorevor tbere is sito tboro js
certain IN lurls in tho peiyhhorbood q
tradition of buried bells or buried treos
ure left in charge of tbe prjest and bv
him concealed when the English took
the nonuIotion AWAY
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nnfor,,,no+o ano,rh - ottuoa. IT.. -
ton+,on An or,onr not - ou ta ~
credit oe tbo EngI;sl aonoro, po,,ouah
and in ber s;mnIicitr che fa,i on oosr u
n,oy 70 his w,Ios Sbo vnootod h,,, -
MO rry hor. thor, l., uoosnr, - III
tho+ bo nro,nisod +o 10 Go h,,t aa,
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nm EnoIisrr,on of low donroo ,o',,si,
n,on ond cove hin, tha noeos..or,, r,,n5a
r., o,,,,1,r,tn 20 A,,,or;o, M ~, c.
n, como this man with b,s w;fo and
settled NJ Annonol;s wboro for n,anu