The Raid from Beauséjour and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage: Two Stories of Acadie

Excerpt from The Raid From Beauséjour and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage: Two Stories of Acadie

On the hill of Beauséjour, one April morning in the year 1750 A. D., a little group of French soldiers stood watching, with gestures of anger and alarm, the approach of several small ships across the yellow waters of Chignecto Bay. The ships were flying British colors. Presently they came to anchor near the mouth of the Missaguash, a narrow tidal river about two miles to the southeast of Beauséjour. There the ships lay swinging at their cables, and all seemed quiet on board. The group on Beauséjour knew that the British would attempt no landing for some hours, as the tide was scarce past the ebb, and half a mile of red mire lay between the water and the firm green edges of the marsh.