The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-26

religious and their morals unim-
p~eachable. They married early In
life. generally the young men at Is.
the girls at l6 years OF age. II can
not be denied that they were very
ignorant and only a few could read
and write. One cannot help admiring
their unfailing constancy 20 the
mother country and IL Is most natural
to sympathize with them when one
remembers that France herself was
strangely ~neglectful OF them. as their
own historian. Richard. declares. He
lays a good many OF their misfortunes
at the door OF France.
II II difficult 20 arrive at anything
like an impartial Judgment when the
controversy wages between the co
pie so different in race. religion. edu-
cation and environment. The Eng
lish and French historians fatty on
tradict each other and only agree
when heaping invection pom the his
tortan from the United States.
The seven years war had begun
with n great defeat for England. In
Nova Scotia the British situation
was anything but reassurinE-the
french population outnumbered the
English more than two to one. The
great French fortress OF L~ouisburg
was a city OF 10000 inhabitants and
was the best defended city in America
'h'FIA QufntCs IL WAS WITHIN easy
striking distance of Halifax. the new
" founded seat OF British power.
The Acadians were constantly end
ing supplies TO Louisburg: French
emissaries were still busy among
them. teaching them that they had
never ceased TO be- French subjects.
that the return Of the pretender or
the British throne would restore AGA
ala 10 France. That remaining under
! English rtt1n Unfu11 mann sha In.H ~
religious liberty. The Infamous lie
Loutre had forced many 20 retire to
French territory and they were In
arms Just across the border. In
view OF the fact that Acadians had
Joined invading French forces before
n the feeling that the presence or
such a population so close TO Halifax
was a danger not TO be- underestimat-
I'd. the English resolved upon ak
IRENE measures. They decided to de
port them: they were TO be distrib-
uted among the colonies from Massa-
chusetts TO Virginia. The command
or or the garrison NJ Minas. Colonel
Winslow. was instructed 70 collect
the inhabitants together and place
them on board the transports tina
were 20 be- provided. Five hundred
were TO be sent 10 North Carolina.
l,OOO 20 virginia. 500 TO MARYLAND.
800 10 Philadelphia. 200 TO New
York. 800 20 Connecticut and POO to
Boston. At Minas the people We're
collected without resistance, but in
other places great difficulty was ex-
~perienced and some fed to the woods
and were only captured when half
starved. The British burnt several
villages and in one place the Aca-
dlans made a determined resistance.
killing and wounding several.
colonel Winslow issued an order
10 the Inhabitants OF Grand Pre-.
Minas. River Canara and vicinity.
commanding all males from 10 years
upward 10 attend at the church in
Grand Pre- on Friday September 8.
10 hear the kings proclamation. They
attended TO the rumber OF 30 and
We're Informed that because of DISC
b%edience their lands. cattle and all
their effects except money and
household goods were forfeited to
the crown and they themselves must
De removed from the province. They
We're TO be- allowed to take with them
as large q portion OF their effects as
! could be carried and were also told
mat FAMILIES were not 20 be- sepa-
rated. The task OF collecting these
people was very teGious. but finally
II was accomplished. and the total
NUMBER vas more than
5000. Wherever they were taken
they became for the time "A public
charge upon the colony and caused
much correspondence between the
governments that were Obliged 10
maintain them and Nova Scotia.
Many OF those taken 10 Ga and &
c. hired small vessels and ser ont "a
return to Acadia and the governors
OF those colonies were very Glad 10
help them on their northern Journey.