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01/20/07

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Source : George Head, A Diary of a Winter's Route From Halifax to the Canadas, London 1829.

Voici le récit d'un voyageur qui s'arrête à la ferme de Philip Long.  Nous ne connaissons pas l'année exacte de cet arrêt de George Head, mais nous savons qu'il s'est arrêté le 16 janvier. Le texte est reproduit sous les images.

 

George Head - A Diary of a Winter's Route From Halifax to the Canadas - 1829 - Page Couverture

George Head - A Diary of a Winter's Route From Halifax to the Canadas - 1829 - Pages 138-139

George Head - A Diary of a Winter's Route From Halifax to the Canadas - 1829 - Pages 140-141

George Head - A Diary of a Winter's Route From Halifax to the Canadas - 1829 - Pages 142-143

 

 

 

Texte original

 

January 16th.

"(...)Our first six miles was along the ice of the Madawaka river (...). Having passed the head of the river, we came to Lake Tamasquatha, (...) At last we arrived at the house of Mr. Long, situated at the extremity of Lake Tamasquatha, and on the banks of that «portage» which extends from thence to the high road to Quebec without any interruption of water communication.

I had no sooner arrived than I threw myself down on the boards under a full impression that I should be quite unable to proceed the next day. We found a new set of travellers, who had established themselves in the house; and these being reinforced by our numbers, a confusion of tongues prevailed in our room which set at defiance all description. We had 36 persons in it, besides six or eight large dogs belonging to the tobogins. We were obliged to lie on the ground like so many pigs. My next neighbour was a major in the army, whom I never saw before and have never met since; he seemed more fatigued than I was, and did nothing but groan all night

The dogs disturbed us; for they ran about and trod upon us (...). With the noise, and the shouting, and swearing in bad French, we were in a perfect uproar. (...) The gabble of tongues, the smell of tobacco smoke, and the disturbance altogether, was really dreadful; and there was, besides, a truckle bed in the room, on which two women reposed, -the mistress of the house and her sister. These females were not silent; and, no matter who slept, some were sure to be awake and talking..."

 

George Head, A Diary of a Winter's Route From Halifax to the Canadas, London 1829.

Nous tenons à remercier Gilles Long pour sa recherche et cette précieuse petite histoire.

 

Selon Gilles Long, voici quelques informations supplémentaires sur la famille de Philip et Marie-Julie:

Enfants de Philip à Québec au dénombrement de mai 1805:

- Judith (1795);

- Constance (1798);

- Jean-Baptiste (1800);

-Julie (2), née le 25 mars et décédée le 20 décembre, 1805.

Dans le texte, on fait référence à "the mistress of the house and her sister."  Qui était cette soeur de Marie-Julie?  Toujours selon Gilles:

Soeur de M.-Julie qui aurait pu s'y trouver au passage de G. Head:

  • Marie-Reine (1765);
  • Marie-Josephte (Josette), qui fut sa marraine;
  • Geneviève, qui maria Jean Poitras en 1782;
  • Marie-Archange (1773), qui maria Jean-François Miville-Deschênes à Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière en 1791. Elle ne demeurait pas très loin, c'était peut-être elle?
  • Les 3 soeurs nées après Marie-Julie sont toutes décédé en bas âge.

Pour d'autres histoires de visites à la ferme de Philip Long et Marie-Julie, nous vous invitons à visité les pages suivantes:

Accueil | Descendants | Capitaine John Long | Fortune des Long | Sur les traces | George Head | John Mann | Théâtre - Philip Long

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