ST. JAMES MISSION 3 E 0RG-ST0WN In the history of the French occupation of St. John's Island, mention is frequently made cf 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 cf land which divides the Montague fiom the Brudenell stood the residence of the Sieur ") S Roma , who was the representative of the governor of Port-la-joie in those parts, a sort of Intendant, also President of a large fishing company which existed there. Fe 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 foster agriculture among the Acadian peiple, 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 was "being furiously prosecuted on the Mainland, it chanced that the Sieur de Roma Lad occasion to visit the then populous French town of . Pierre, standing at the entrance bo St. Peter 's Harbour. Curing his absence a 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 cane the fall of Louisburg, the Acadians and French fled in terror, Pe Roma retired to , 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 ale-mac stalked in ' .'isjuled eighty over the clearings and through the forests that fringe the noble harbour of Three Rivers. In 1C05, a Scottish, Catholic ■••■■'" An.lrew Mr -cDoufld , jsq 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 1 S 06. Mr. M-cDonald took up residence