Table of Contents
Introduction… p. 9
Section I: The French Acadians: From the Beginning to Texas
Chapter 1- A French Merchant… p.23
Chapter 2- Gaultier: The Ancient Origin of the French Acadians… p.41
Chapter 3- Jacques Loya: A Father of Acadia… p.83
Chapter 4- Quebecois Acadians… p.96
Chapter 5- The Character of the French Acadians… p.104
Chapter 6- 1713: The Louisbourg Acadians… p.110
Chapter 7- The Battle that Saved Acadia… p.122
Chapter 8- French Acadian Pirates and the Fall of Louisbourg… p.133
Chapter 9- Everybody Knows Everybody: Family Ties of the French Acadians… p.142
Chapter 10- At Saint-Pierre et Miquelon… p.159
Chapter 11- Acadian Mystery… p.165
Chapter 12- French Acadian Exiles in Texas…p.168
Chapter 13- The Scattering of French Acadian Families Through the 13 British Colonies … p.172
Chapter 14- The Tragedy of the Acadian Exile…p.178
Picture Gallery: The Tragedy of the Gran Derangement…p.189
Chapter 15- The Disadvantage of French Acadian Records… p.207
Chapter 16- The Historical Connection Between Nova Scotia, The Acadian Exile and Texas… p.211
Chapter 17- French Acadian Peculiarities in Colonial Texas Families… p.214
Chapter 18- The Loss of French Acadian Identity… p.220
Chapter 19- The Larre’s of Louisbourg in Texas… p.227
Chapter 20- The Louisiana French Montes in Texas. p.234
Chapter 21- The French Huguenot French Acadians and Founders of New Orleans in Colonial Texas… p.247
Chapter 22- French Acadians Arrive in Texas… p.274
Chapter 23- San Elizario: A Louisiana French Settlement in Spanish Colonial Texas… p.284
Chapter 24- The Louisiana French Migration to Colonial Texas … p.298
Section II: The Participation of Louisiana and Texas in the American Revolution
Chapter 25- The Tables Turn: The French Acadians in the American Revolution…p.313
Chapter 26- French Acadian Privateering and Traffic of Weapons for the American Cause… p.319
Chapter 27- The American Colony of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon… p.326
Chapter 28- The Patriot’s Grave... p.332
Chapter 29- A Particular Affection… p.334
Chapter 30- The Participation of Louisiana and Texas in the American Revolution…p.341
Chapter 31- A Strategic Diversion…p.347
Chapter 32- From Manchac to Pensacola: French Acadian Military Victories Over the British… p.350
Chapter 33- From Kaskaskia to St.Joseph: French Acadians Defeat the British… p.356
Chapter 34- The French Acadians and the Battle of York Town… p.364
Chapter 35- The Significance of Texas, Louisiana and the French Acadians in the American Revolution… p.378
Chapter 36- Texas: The Fourth Front of the American Revolution… p.383
Chapter 37- Defeat of the British Armed Apaches in West Texas During the American Revolution… p.394
Chapter 38- The Ugalde and De Anza Expeditions of the American Revolution… p.400
Interlude: Have You Considered My Servant? A Theological Essay on the Suffering of the French Acadians in the Light of God’s Sovereignty… p.408
Chapter 39-Galvez, the French Acadians and the Legitimacy of Texas as an American State… p.419
Chapter 40- The Louisiana French of Texas and the Border Dispute During the Mexican War… p.435
Section III: The French Acadians, the Civil War and the Indian Wars of Texas
Chapter 41- Understanding the Civil War Pension Index…p.447
Chapter 42- The Boys’ War… p.454
Chapter 43- The New Mexico Campaign… p.464
Chapter 44- Sweet Southern Comfort… p.475
Chapter 45- The Old Indian Fighters: American Heroes…p.481
Section IV: Notes of Interest
Chapter 46- We Are Americans!… p.507
Chapter 47- Gabino Loya: My Great Grandfather… p.513
Chapter 48- Yosemite Valley, California: The New French Pyrenees… p.526
Picture Gallery: Yosemite Valley: The New French Pyrenees… p.589
Epilogue… p. 590
America (Poem)… p.609
Addendum… p.611
Bibliography… p.618
Source Notations… p.647
Glossary of French Acadian/Quebecois Surnames with Etruscan Roots and Meaning… p.664
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