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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