E-text prepared by D Alexander and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 31245-h.htm or 31245-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/31245/pg31245-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31245/31245-h.zip) 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.