30 THEISLAND ACADIANS

Soldier, Compagnies franches de la Marine. Environment Canada, Parks.

trying to entice to Ile Saint Jean. As soon as he arrived, Duchambon criticized the choice of Port LaJoie as a capital. He felt that it was not a good centre for either farming or fishing and was too far away from Havre Saint Pierre where most of the trading took place. He wrote on October 2, 1737:

With regard to inhabitants, although I shall do my best to attract as many as I can, there is no point talking about the ones at Port LaJoie because, with the exception of the Gallans who make up four households, there are none left. They have, or are now deserting the settlement because they are dying of hunger. I cannot understand why this location was chosen as the principal settlement since it is truly the most infertile part of this [island] and where no one can fish... (TR)**

Duchambon left fle Saint Jean in 1744 to become governor of [le