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ST. JAMES MISSION G»CRGETOWN

In the history of the French occupation of St. John's Island. mention is. frequently made of Trois Rivieres, or Three Rivers, a settlement on the southern and western shores of the harbour which is formed by the confluence of the Montague. the Brudenell and the Cardigan Rivers. Upon a point of land which divides the Montague from the Brudenell stood the residence of the Sigur- 1e Rona. who was the representative of the governor of Port-laPJoie in those parts. a sort of Intendant. also President of a large fishing company which existed there. He appears to have been a man of energy, anxious to further the developement of the country over which he had. in a measure, Jurisdiction. Especially did he wish to tester agriculture among the Acadian people. and to encourage them. he himself, had a model farm, not very far from his residence. He is said also to have had a glass factory near to this farm.

While the fighting between England and France was being furiously prosecuted

on the Mainland. it chanced that the Sieur de Roma had occasion to visit the then populous French town of St. Pierre. standing at the entrance to St. Peter's Harbour. During his absence 3 New England privateer bore down upon Three Rivers. The enemy destroyed all before them. burning De Romas buildings to the ground and roasting his cattle in their stalls. Shortly after this deed of Arson came the fall of Louisburg. the Acadians and French fled in terror. De Roma retired to France. where he died of a broken heart. and his once flourishing settlement was swept from the face of the earth. For many years after this the mic-mac stalked in indisputed sighty,‘ over the clearings and through the forests that fringe the noble harbour of Three Rivers.

In 1805, a Scottish, Catholic gentleman Andrew Hchousld, seq of Eileen Shona and Arisaig, Invernesshire, having purchased a large area of property

in the eastern part of Prince Edward Island, sent his family out to take

pocession of it, and followed them in 1806. Mr. MacDonald took up residence