Acadian Reminiscences

The True Story of Evangeline

by

JUDGE FELIX VOORHIES

Introduction by Felix Birney Voorhies

Price $2.00

E. P. Rivas, Publisher New Orleans, Louisiana

Copyright, 1907, by Felix Voorhies

[Illustration: _A Modern Conception of Evangeline_ Posed by Rev. A. T. Kempton]

Table of Contents

Page

List of Illustrations 7

Introduction 9

I. Reminiscences 13

II. Acadian Manners and Customs 23

III. Rumors of War 35

IV. Threatening Clouds 43

V. Acadian Exiles 53

VI. A Night of Terror 61

VII. Generous Friends 75

VIII. Evangeline 79

IX. Louisiana 91

List of Illustrations

_Frontispiece_ A Modern Conception of Evangeline

Page

Catholic Church Exterior 76

Evangeline 81

Evangeline Oak 86

Interior of Church 104

Introduction

Acadian Reminiscences, depicting the True Life of Evangeline, is a story centered about the life of the Acadians whose descendants are now residents of the Teche Country also known as the Land of Evangeline.

These people lived a pure and simple life with an unbounded devotion to their religion and with an unshakable faith in their God. Their love for one another is unparalleled in the annals of human history, to which may be attributed their fortitude and perseverance in their travels from Canada, upon being expelled by the British, to their chosen Land on the banks of Bayou Teche.

Table of contents (by pages)

• 1: Acadian Reminiscences : The True Story of Evangeli
• 2: Together with all members of the Voorhies family
• 3: But she heeded not his words and fondled us the more
• 4: My native land is called Acadia
• 5: Sobriety and simplicity of manners more than riches
• 6: And we retired mournfully and quietly to our homes
• 7: Everything grew from bad to worse in Acadia
• 8: Gabriel that the English were landing troops in Acadia
• 9: And are tender hearted only to renegades and apostates
• 10: Desolate Acadia was dearer to us
• 11: Our fears and apprehensions increasing at every step
• 12: 'escort these worthy patriots to the seashore
• 13: We were friendless and penniless
• 14: The saddest of all was the fate of poor Emmeline Labiche
• 15: Emmeline had witnessed the whole scene
• 16: Pure and celestial like Emmeline
• 17: And singing in soft tones some Acadian song
• 18: But when the white population grew sparser and sparser
• 19: At last we reached the Tennessee river
• 20: An authority on Acadian history