HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Cape Breton Island, Netgear, We Are The In Crowd
5 Dec 2013
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Broad themes: the acadians of the atlantic region; war, expulsion and return. Reading: william c. wicken, re-examining mi"kmaq-acadian relations, 1635-1755," in sylvie. Depatie, ed. , vingt ans apr s, habitants et marchands: lectures de l"histoire des xviie et xviiie si cles canadiens , 93-114. (available via eresources). Early months of 1750 french missionary loutre had arrive at copequid (farming community on basin, to compensate local acadians for property damage committed by mi"kmaq warriors. Unallowed to travel beyond chebencadie river towards english settlement of halifax. Mi"kmaq opposing settlement had wanted to force remaining acadians to take up arms and threaten to kill them and pillage their farms if they did not put themselves in a state of attack against the english. Surprise of confrontations of two communities researches have repeatedly emphasised closeness of their cultural, social and commercial ties. Casual relations and intermarriage between two groups occurred far more often than parish or census record indicate.
