Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-24

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
it asked for their daily bread the sup
plication did not also include moose
flesh and fish, and how a certain In
dian, instigated by a love Of mischief,
played 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, ejaculatlonS ana
filthy ordinations in the Indian
tongue. and the CONSERVATION of his
reverence when he subsequently dis
covered. in an attempt to preach, that
his congregation thought he was ours
ing them, when he simply made use
of the words he had been taught Dy
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 stlll
inger along the Acadian coast.
knnapolis 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 a fashion that in some quar-
tiers it is difficult to trace the lines OF
the old French fort, and to tell Wherc
they began, and where they ended. LII
the neighborhood, however, from tl1ne
to time discoveries are made, or I'M
Elements which were hurriedly CON
cealed by the inhabitants before thel:
removal. perhaps in the hope that q:
some time they would return; OF spoons
and the vessels used in the sacred OIL
fees of the church. hurriedly Durled
by the people just previous to the SAD
Contamination. Two or three French
churches are still to be found IN the
neighborhood, generally either on a
hilltop or on site that commands an
extensive view of the neighborhood,
and wherever there is site there is
certain to Turk in the nelghDorhood 4
tradition of buried bells OF buried treas
ure left in charge of the priest ana Dy
him concealed when the Engllsh TOOK
the population away.
Old cemeteries there are in aDund-
ance. but the early tombstones ana
headboards arc all gone, and the Oldest
which now remain are those Of the days
of the English occupation, and mark
ing the places where the first colohlsts
from Connecticut and Massachusetts
BAY. and from England were laid away
by their friends to sleep the last sleep.
In one of these Annapolis graveyards
there is q tomb which connects Acadla
with Spain, and with the memory OF
England's greatest modern general. II
is the tomb of Gregoria Remonla An
tonia. She was a Spanish girl anC
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 10 the
credit of the English general, fslloWed,
and in her simplicity she fell an easy
nrey 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 enlierate 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
q broken heart, far from her native
home and the people of her own race.
Memories OF her still survive in the
town. an elegant little old Spanish
lady who always dressed in silks and
laces and who by her native gentllty
Invariably commanded the respect OF
her associates, and by her kindness OF
heart attracted their esteem.