The "myth" of an overland journey from the East Coast Colonies to Louisiana probably was a confused account of a "real" 400+ mile overland trip from Texas to Natchitoches, La. by the passengers of the Ship "Britania". The arrival in Natchitoches on October 27, 1769 ended a 15-month ordeal for Acadian, German Catholic and English families! See links from my Arrival of the Acadians Page at http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm for a list of the families and an additional article by Dr. Glenn Conrad re the German families. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com

I'm not sure what message this is referring to, but the overland journey from the East Coast to Louisiana is no myth. I've found several references to a couple of groups of German families (relatives and friends of some of the Britain passengers) coming to Louisiana from Maryland in 1773-74 via the Ohio River. The reason was that all the seaports were closed at that time. See my article "Nicolas Ory and the Germans of Iberville Parish" in le Raconteur, Dec. 2000. If any Acadians came to Louisiana at this time (which I haven't verified), then they would have likely come via the overland route as well. If anyone has any documentation as to why the seaports would have been closed at this time, I'd be interested in knowing about it. Thanks. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cajun" <cajun@thecajuns.com> To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:28 PM Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Passengers on the Ship Britania > The "myth" of an overland journey from the East Coast Colonies to > Louisiana probably was a confused account of a "real" 400+ mile overland > trip from Texas to Natchitoches, La. by the passengers of the Ship > "Britania". The arrival in Natchitoches on October 27, 1769 ended a > 15-month ordeal for Acadian, German Catholic and English families! > > See links from my Arrival of the Acadians Page at > http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm for a list of the families and an > additional article by Dr. Glenn Conrad re the German families. > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com > > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-cajun > This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >