40 OVER ON THE ISLAND occasions. Illustrations of such splendour are found in the early baptismal records. The occasion of the unusual stir was the baptism of an infant of M. Louis de la Ponde Denis, Chevalier of the Royal Order of St. Louis , Captain of the Marines, Lieutenant of the King of St. John, and his wife, Louise Chantier de Lothmiere. The governor, M. Gotteville de Belle Isle , was present and served as god-father and the Countess de St. Pierre, lady of honour to the Duchess of Orleans, was godmother. There were also present M. Robert Portier de Boisson, sub-delegate of the Intendant of New France to Isle St. Jean; M. Aubert , sieur de manse of the Superior Council at Quebec ; M. Pierre de Grandpre , surgeon- major; M. Gabriel de la Borne, second surgeon; M. Louis de la Bretesche, Officer of Marine and Major of the Fort; M. Francois Pasteneau , Commis¬ sariat Officer; M. de Bullion , Cadet of the Company of Gotteville ; M. Thomas , Master of the Port, and others. On the other hand, it is probable that the majority of those titled people never even saw the Isle of St. Jean. Undoubtedly they were represented by proxies. But the report makes nice reading! To continue . . . At a later christening the Chevalier de Mezillac acted as godfather to a Micmac while a dusky beauty of the woods was godmother. The policy that dictated such acts readily accounts for the close brotherhood between the French and the Indians, a connection that British power was never able to break. It is the year 1758! The most tragic year in the history of Prince Edward Island ! For thirty-nine years the French have remained practically undis¬ turbed. There has been much hardship and suffering.