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settlements to build boats and establish trade with Louisburg instead of having to depend upon others for the transportation of their products. Had mat- ters been allowed to continue thus the future of Isle Saint Jean would have been assured; but it was not to be. In March, 1744, Dubuisson the faithful and humane Sub-delegate of the Intendant died and was buried in the cemetery at Port La Joye, the last link between the Company of Comte de Saint Pierre and the Royal colony. In October du Quesnel, Governor of Ile Royale, died and Duchambon took his place.” There his energies found wider scope though his reputation suffered in consequence. In the following year he was called upon to meet the attack of the New Englanders, supported by a British fleet; and on June 17 he surrendered the keys of the fortress of Louisburg. The fall of Louisburg involved the surrender of Isle Saint Jean and during the next three years the Acadians who had migrated to French soil once more found themselves in the hands

of the English.

24 F, Vol. 158, pp. 33, 58, 76.