In addition to the error concerning the arrival date of the first group of Acadians in Louisiana, Mr. Bouillon is also in error about the first cowboys in America being Acadians. The Spanish cattle industry in Texas predates the Acadians by many years. In fact, many Cajun French words associated with ranching were Spanish words, for example, soutadaire. Although it sounds French, it's a Spanish word for a saddle blanket, although my grandmother often used it to describe an ugly coat! :) Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > I've sent an email to Letters to the Editor of The Advocate - below is the > text. I also sent an email to Warren Perrin. > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com > > > ***text of email sent to The Advocate*** > > Re: How Acadians came to Louisiana > > Published: Jan 29, 2006 > > RE: Correction to editorial: "War shaped nation, Louisiana" Jan. > > 18. > > Mr. Bouillon, Director of the Acadian Museum in Erath stated that > > "...The first group of Acadians arrived in Louisiana in February > > 1765, led by the guerrilla fighter Joseph Beausoleil Broussard..." > > The 1765 group led by Joseph Broussard was the first group to go > > to Attakapas, but the first group to arrive in Louisiana was a > > group of 20 who arrived in February 1764 from New York after a > > stay in Mobile, Alabama. > > For a complete report on the Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana, > > see my Arrival of the Acadians page at > > http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm on my web site dedicated to > > Cajun Genealogy, History and Culture. > > Stanley LeBlanc - a native New Iberian > http://www.thecajuns.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to > Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > Review of French & Indian War show > http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/ourviews/2215787.html > > letter to the editor > http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/letters/2250541.html > > enjoy > > Weren't the 20 from NY? here before Broussard? > > Paul Le B > l'Ascension LA > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to > the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the > person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ACADIAN-CAJUN.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

The Spanish cattle Industry in Texas cannot chronologically predate the Louisiana cattle industry. Natchitoches was founded in 1714 and created large cattle herds. The Spanish moved to Las Adaes [current-day Robeline, LA - 14 miles west of Natchitoches on LA 6] in response to the Natchitoches settlement. Thus, the capitol of Colonial Spanish Texas was in current-day Louisiana and was established after Natchitoches! One can argue about the definition of Texas, but the fact remains that the Cattle industry in current-day Louisiana clearly predated the cattle industry in Spanish Colonial Texas! Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Judy Riffel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 In addition to the error concerning the arrival date of the first group of Acadians in Louisiana, Mr. Bouillon is also in error about the first cowboys in America being Acadians. The Spanish cattle industry in Texas predates the Acadians by many years. In fact, many Cajun French words associated with ranching were Spanish words, for example, soutadaire. Although it sounds French, it's a Spanish word for a saddle blanket, although my grandmother often used it to describe an ugly coat! :) Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > I've sent an email to Letters to the Editor of The Advocate - below is the > text. I also sent an email to Warren Perrin. > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com > > > ***text of email sent to The Advocate*** > > Re: How Acadians came to Louisiana > > Published: Jan 29, 2006 > > RE: Correction to editorial: "War shaped nation, Louisiana" Jan. > > 18. > > Mr. Bouillon, Director of the Acadian Museum in Erath stated that > > "...The first group of Acadians arrived in Louisiana in February > > 1765, led by the guerrilla fighter Joseph Beausoleil Broussard..." > > The 1765 group led by Joseph Broussard was the first group to go > > to Attakapas, but the first group to arrive in Louisiana was a > > group of 20 who arrived in February 1764 from New York after a > > stay in Mobile, Alabama. > > For a complete report on the Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana, > > see my Arrival of the Acadians page at > > http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm on my web site dedicated to > > Cajun Genealogy, History and Culture. > > Stanley LeBlanc - a native New Iberian > http://www.thecajuns.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to > Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > Review of French & Indian War show > http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/ourviews/2215787.html > > letter to the editor > http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/letters/2250541.html > > enjoy > > Weren't the 20 from NY? here before Broussard? > > Paul Le B > l'Ascension LA > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to > the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the > person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ACADIAN-CAJUN.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== To verify the RootsWeb Mailing Lists to which you are currently subscribed, check Password Central: http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Mark the box to have a list of your subscribed lists e-mailed to you. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Yes, we can quibble about the boundaries of Texas. But my point is that the Acadians were not the first cowboys in America. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:12 PM Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > The Spanish cattle Industry in Texas cannot chronologically predate the > Louisiana cattle industry. Natchitoches was founded in 1714 and created > large cattle herds. The Spanish moved to Las Adaes [current-day Robeline, > LA > - 14 miles west of Natchitoches on LA 6] in response to the Natchitoches > settlement. Thus, the capitol of Colonial Spanish Texas was in current-day > Louisiana and was established after Natchitoches! > > One can argue about the definition of Texas, but the fact remains that the > Cattle industry in current-day Louisiana clearly predated the cattle > industry in Spanish Colonial Texas! > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judy Riffel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to > Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > In addition to the error concerning the arrival date of the first group of > Acadians in Louisiana, Mr. Bouillon is also in error about the first > cowboys > > in America being Acadians. The Spanish cattle industry in Texas predates > the Acadians by many years. In fact, many Cajun French words associated > with ranching were Spanish words, for example, soutadaire. Although it > sounds French, it's a Spanish word for a saddle blanket, although my > grandmother often used it to describe an ugly coat! :) > > Judy Riffel > Baton Rouge, LA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:27 PM > Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to > Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > >> I've sent an email to Letters to the Editor of The Advocate - below is >> the >> text. I also sent an email to Warren Perrin. >> >> Stanley LeBlanc >> http://www.thecajuns.com >> >> >> ***text of email sent to The Advocate*** >> >> Re: How Acadians came to Louisiana >> >> Published: Jan 29, 2006 >> >> RE: Correction to editorial: "War shaped nation, Louisiana" Jan. >> >> 18. >> >> Mr. Bouillon, Director of the Acadian Museum in Erath stated that >> >> "...The first group of Acadians arrived in Louisiana in February >> >> 1765, led by the guerrilla fighter Joseph Beausoleil Broussard..." >> >> The 1765 group led by Joseph Broussard was the first group to go >> >> to Attakapas, but the first group to arrive in Louisiana was a >> >> group of 20 who arrived in February 1764 from New York after a >> >> stay in Mobile, Alabama. >> >> For a complete report on the Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana, >> >> see my Arrival of the Acadians page at >> >> http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm on my web site dedicated to >> >> Cajun Genealogy, History and Culture. >> >> Stanley LeBlanc - a native New Iberian >> http://www.thecajuns.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:35 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >> Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 >> >> Review of French & Indian War show >> http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/ourviews/2215787.html >> >> letter to the editor >> http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/letters/2250541.html >> >> enjoy >> >> Weren't the 20 from NY? here before Broussard? >> >> Paul Le B >> l'Ascension LA >> >> >> ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== >> The number one rule of this list is no flaming. 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It was my understanding that the Broussards & others practiced what is now called open range cattle raising near the NS / NB border and were able to easily adapt to the Louisiana Prairie. I thought this experience was the reason they were not settled along the river. Weren't there stories of drives to BOTH French Fort Louisbourg & English Port Royal causeing problems? So 1st cowboys North of Rio Grand were Acadian in Acadia!!!! Paul [email protected] wrote: >The Spanish cattle Industry in Texas cannot chronologically predate the >Louisiana cattle industry. Natchitoches was founded in 1714 and created >large cattle herds. The Spanish moved to Las Adaes [current-day Robeline, LA >- 14 miles west of Natchitoches on LA 6] in response to the Natchitoches >settlement. Thus, the capitol of Colonial Spanish Texas was in current-day >Louisiana and was established after Natchitoches! > >One can argue about the definition of Texas, but the fact remains that the >Cattle industry in current-day Louisiana clearly predated the cattle >industry in Spanish Colonial Texas! > >Stanley LeBlanc >http://www.thecajuns.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Judy Riffel [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:00 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > >In addition to the error concerning the arrival date of the first group of >Acadians in Louisiana, Mr. Bouillon is also in error about the first cowboys > >in America being Acadians. The Spanish cattle industry in Texas predates >the Acadians by many years. In fact, many Cajun French words associated >with ranching were Spanish words, for example, soutadaire. Although it >sounds French, it's a Spanish word for a saddle blanket, although my >grandmother often used it to describe an ugly coat! :) > >Judy Riffel >Baton Rouge, LA > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:27 PM >Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > > > > >>I've sent an email to Letters to the Editor of The Advocate - below is the >>text. I also sent an email to Warren Perrin. >> >>Stanley LeBlanc >>http://www.thecajuns.com >> >> >>***text of email sent to The Advocate*** >> >>Re: How Acadians came to Louisiana >> >>Published: Jan 29, 2006 >> >>RE: Correction to editorial: "War shaped nation, Louisiana" Jan. >> >>18. >> >>Mr. Bouillon, Director of the Acadian Museum in Erath stated that >> >>"...The first group of Acadians arrived in Louisiana in February >> >>1765, led by the guerrilla fighter Joseph Beausoleil Broussard..." >> >>The 1765 group led by Joseph Broussard was the first group to go >> >>to Attakapas, but the first group to arrive in Louisiana was a >> >>group of 20 who arrived in February 1764 from New York after a >> >>stay in Mobile, Alabama. >> >>For a complete report on the Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana, >> >>see my Arrival of the Acadians page at >> >>http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm on my web site dedicated to >> >>Cajun Genealogy, History and Culture. >> >>Stanley LeBlanc - a native New Iberian >>http://www.thecajuns.com >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:35 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >>Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 >> >>Review of French & Indian War show >>http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/ourviews/2215787.html >> >>letter to the editor >>http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/letters/2250541.html >> >>enjoy >> >>Weren't the 20 from NY? here before Broussard? >> >>Paul Le B >>l'Ascension LA >> >> >>==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== >>The number one rule of this list is no flaming. 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I wouldn't rule out New Mexico, which is not only part of America but the United States. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul L Le Blanc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 > It was my understanding that the Broussards & others practiced what is now > called open range cattle raising near the NS / NB border and were able to > easily adapt to the Louisiana Prairie. I thought this experience was the > reason they were not settled along the river. Weren't there stories of > drives to BOTH French Fort Louisbourg & English Port Royal causeing > problems? So 1st cowboys North of Rio Grand were Acadian in Acadia!!!! > > Paul > > [email protected] wrote: > >>The Spanish cattle Industry in Texas cannot chronologically predate the >>Louisiana cattle industry. Natchitoches was founded in 1714 and created >>large cattle herds. The Spanish moved to Las Adaes [current-day Robeline, >>LA >>- 14 miles west of Natchitoches on LA 6] in response to the Natchitoches >>settlement. Thus, the capitol of Colonial Spanish Texas was in current-day >>Louisiana and was established after Natchitoches! >>One can argue about the definition of Texas, but the fact remains that the >>Cattle industry in current-day Louisiana clearly predated the cattle >>industry in Spanish Colonial Texas! >> >>Stanley LeBlanc >>http://www.thecajuns.com >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Judy Riffel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, >>January 30, 2006 7:00 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >>Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 >> >>In addition to the error concerning the arrival date of the first group of >>Acadians in Louisiana, Mr. Bouillon is also in error about the first >>cowboys >> >>in America being Acadians. The Spanish cattle industry in Texas predates >>the Acadians by many years. In fact, many Cajun French words associated >>with ranching were Spanish words, for example, soutadaire. Although it >>sounds French, it's a Spanish word for a saddle blanket, although my >>grandmother often used it to describe an ugly coat! :) >> >>Judy Riffel >>Baton Rouge, LA >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:27 PM >>Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >>Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 >> >> >> >>>I've sent an email to Letters to the Editor of The Advocate - below is >>>the >>>text. I also sent an email to Warren Perrin. >>> >>>Stanley LeBlanc >>>http://www.thecajuns.com >>> >>> >>>***text of email sent to The Advocate*** >>> >>>Re: How Acadians came to Louisiana >>> >>>Published: Jan 29, 2006 >>> >>>RE: Correction to editorial: "War shaped nation, Louisiana" Jan. >>> >>>18. >>> >>>Mr. Bouillon, Director of the Acadian Museum in Erath stated that >>> >>>"...The first group of Acadians arrived in Louisiana in February >>> >>>1765, led by the guerrilla fighter Joseph Beausoleil Broussard..." >>> >>>The 1765 group led by Joseph Broussard was the first group to go >>> >>>to Attakapas, but the first group to arrive in Louisiana was a >>> >>>group of 20 who arrived in February 1764 from New York after a >>> >>>stay in Mobile, Alabama. >>> >>>For a complete report on the Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana, >>> >>>see my Arrival of the Acadians page at >>> >>>http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm on my web site dedicated to >>> >>>Cajun Genealogy, History and Culture. >>> >>>Stanley LeBlanc - a native New Iberian >>>http://www.thecajuns.com >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] >>>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:35 PM >>>To: [email protected] >>>Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Baton Rouge advocate - How Acadians came to >>>Louisiana Jan 29, 2006 >>> >>>Review of French & Indian War show >>>http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/ourviews/2215787.html >>> >>>letter to the editor >>>http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/letters/2250541.html >>> >>>enjoy >>> >>>Weren't the 20 from NY? here before Broussard? >>> >>>Paul Le B >>>l'Ascension LA >>> >>> >>>==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== >>>The number one rule of this list is no flaming. 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According to "The Handbook of Texas Online": The Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayoqv was a veteran soldier and a wealthy man, thanks to his wife, Ignacia Xaviera de Echeverez, who owned vast estates in Coahuila. At his own expense, he accepted the viceroy's request to deal with the troublesome situation in Texas and to undertake the establishment of missions in East Texas for a third time. In the early spring of 1721, Aguayo set out for Texas. He had recruited 500 men and collected 2,800 horses, 4,800 cattle, and 6,400 sheep and goats. Although livestock had accompanied previous entradas, Spanish ranching in Texas began with the arrival of these large herds in 1721. Aguayo reestablished all of the abandoned missions in East Texas; founded a new presidio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar, at Los Adaes;qv and made a lasting peace with St. Denis, who had become commandant of the French settlement at Natchitoches. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/nps1.html Roger A. Rozendal On Jan 30, 2006, at 7:12 PM, Stanley LeBlanc wrote: > The Spanish cattle Industry in Texas cannot chronologically predate > the > Louisiana cattle industry. Natchitoches was founded in 1714 and > created > large cattle herds. The Spanish moved to Las Adaes [current-day > Robeline, LA > - 14 miles west of Natchitoches on LA 6] in response to the > Natchitoches > settlement. Thus, the capitol of Colonial Spanish Texas was in > current-day > Louisiana and was established after Natchitoches! > > One can argue about the definition of Texas, but the fact remains > that the > Cattle industry in current-day Louisiana clearly predated the cattle > industry in Spanish Colonial Texas! > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com >