Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1898 — Louisiana Acadians. [ARTICLE]

Louisiana Acadians.

The homes of the Acadians of Louisiana are, for the most part, to be found in the Attakapas country of the State, west of the Mississippi, although many in the vicinity of the Gulf coast line of > l>Ki?iana, and some on the. banks of the Missi"ssTjTp(D on g the German coast, above New OTI^ n - xh(>y comprise one of the best of the varied population of the State, and the story of their enforced exile from their homes in Acadia (Nova Scoa) has been beautifully recited by Longfellow in his noble poem, entitled “Evangeline; a Tale of Acadie.” —New Orleans Picayune.