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he died at Belliveau's Village, on the eastern side of the Petitcoudiac river, in the parish of Memramcook, N. B., on the first day of November, 1840, at the ripe old age of ninety-three years. He was the great grandfather of the writer, and one of the fugitives from Annapolis who wintered on the above named island.

Towards the end of August, on the arrival of the first vessels ordered from Boston to Port Royal to transport the Acadians, all the inhabitants residing above the fort on the Annapolis river took flight to the woods. A few days later many of them returned to their dwelling houses, and there remained until they were embarked, on the 4th day of December, on board of the transports.

But Pierre Belliveau and several of his neighbors thought it more prudent to abandon their homes and seek a temporary place of refuge, where they would be in safety from the pursuit of the soldiery. Accordingly they took with them as much of their effects as they could conveniently carry, crossed to the North Mountain, and went to Chute's Cove, then called Anse de la Croix (Cross Cove). Here they had several fishing boats hidden, and they used them to ascend the bay, some twenty-four miles, till they reached a little port which afterwards was called French Cross, but is now known as Morden. It is situated on the Bay of Fundy shore, and lies seven miles from Kingston station, in a direct line. Here they remained until the 9th day of December, awaiting with great anxiety to learn what would be the fate of their compatriots who had returned to their homes in the beginning of September.

From their hidding place they noticed one day, about the middle of October, a fleet of ten ships, convoyed by an armed vessel, going down the bay. Did they dream that on board of these there was a human cargo of nine hundred and sixty Acadian prisoners from