A group of Acadians, French exiles from Nova Scotia, were making their way to join countrymen in Louisiana in 1749. Things didn’t go well for them. Instead of sailing directly to New Orleans, they ended up at a Spanish fort in Texas where they were held against their will for seven months before being allowed to walk overland to their destination. This remarkable journey is known as the Britain Incident, after the name of the ship on which they sailed.
During their overland walk one of the Acadians, a young orphan girl named Marie Rose LeJeune, lost a piece of family memorabilia that was found more than two centuries later. Click on the following link to read about the journey and the artifact that Marie Rose lost.
