Judy, The "myth" relates to a group of Acadians who supposedly made a cross-country trek in 1755. There is no evidence for this as the earliest documented arrival is 1764. The information re Nicolas Ory that was originally published by Deiler referred to a 1773-1774 trek from Maryland to Ft. Pitt and then down the Ohio and Mississippi River. Dr. Conrad's article corrected the Deiler information. Nicolas Ory was with the 1769 group. There were groups that came from Ft. Pitt and from the Illinois Region, Fort Vincennes, etc. but these weren't Acadians - they were French and French-Canadians. The 1769 group is the last documented group of Acadians to arrive prior to 1785. In 1788, a small group of 19 refugees from St. Pierre Island [Miquelon] arrived on board Capt. Joseph Gravois's schooner - seventeen were Gravois family members; and, in 1809, a few Acadian families arrived with the Santo Domingo refugees. See arrival of the Acadians on my site at http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Judy Riffel [mailto:j.a.riffel@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:17 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Passengers on the Ship Britania 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 > > ==== 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