Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:39:41 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? Message-ID: <359493AD.8A8281ED@aei.ca> References: <359468B5.8251206C@aei.ca> <980627044411.ZM22825@darkstar.connect.com> <359479A4.591E118D@aei.ca> <980627053121.ZM23329@darkstar.connect.com> <359483EE.FAE63F8E@aei.ca> <980627061017.ZM23422@darkstar.connect.com>
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Frank Pawlak wrote: > > I have a serious question for you. I am not sure that I have all spelling and > names straight. So if some of the names and nationalities that I ask about are > not correct, please excuse my ignorance. You appear to be a French Canadian. I > am interested in someone called Evangeline that is in some way connected to the > Arcadian French that settled in Canada. > > When I was in the Army, I spent a lot of time in Louisiana among the Cajun > people. I believe that they are Arcadian French that migrated and settled in > southern Louisiana. They sing a very beautiful song about Evangeline, who is > either a saint or some type of hero. Can you give me any information on this. > > Thanks in advance. > > Frank "Acadian" are not the same thing than French people in quebec. They are in majority in New Brunswick, Ile du Prince Edouard and Nova Scotia. Evangeline was a heroes because she was separated of her husband Gabriel for the massive acadian deportation/assimilation to France, english colonies(even australia) and USA. There is a town somewhere in Acadie where there is a church and a big Statue of Evangeline. Well, there is a lot of explanation on the horror of the deportation, how the english where so much evils ;-) The history of Evangeline is now used in songs and theatre. It's a myth. My traduction is not has romantic has in french :-) "In 1847, Henry-Wadsworth Longfellow, an american, published a poem named Évangeline where he tell us how was the deportation for Évangeline and Gabriel, who where living in Port-Royal After being separated of her husband by evil english, she will search him a lot in Louisiana. She finaly decide to give her life to the "Soeurs de la Charité" in Philadelphia. After a lot of time, she find him in an hospital, where he was dying." snif snif Malartre http://www.rpa.ca/acadie/evangi.htm ~ Mythe d'Acadie -- [Malartre] [malartre@aei.ca][ICQ#4224434][www.aei.ca/~malartre/][www.FreeBSD.ORG] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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