News and Reflections "Observations of the Situation, Customs and Manners of the Ancient Acadians" ... by Moses Delesdernier. ca 1790. -- February 21, 2022

"Acadian Dykelands" Photo Courtesy, Association des Acadiens-Metis Souriquois

From "The Golden Age of Old Time Acadians" published in the Yarmouth Vanguard, October 3, 1989.

“The Acadians are the most innocent and virtuous people whom I have ever known or heard tell of in any history. They live in a state of perfect equality, without distinction of rank in society. The title of ‘Messieurs’ is not known among them. Ignorant of the luxuries and even of the conveniences of life, they are content with a simple mode of life, which they easily derive from the cultivation of their lands. Very little ambition or avarice was seen among them; they helped each other’s wants with benevolent liberality; they required no interest for loans of money or other property. They were humane and hospitable to strangers, and very liberal to those who embraced their religion. They were very remarkable for the inviolable purity of their morals. I do not recollect a single case of illegitimate births among them, even now. Their knowledge of agriculture was very limited, although they cultivated their dyked lands pretty well."  For the rest of the story, visit https://museeacadien.ca/en/the-golden-age-of-the-old-time-acadians/

• Reference: Musee des Acadiens des Pubnicos. https://museeacadien.ca/en/the-golden-age-of-the-old-time-acadians/ [Acessed 2/21/2022]
  
• Reference: Cuthbertson, B. (2003). “DELESDERNIER, MOSES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/delesdernier_moses_5E.html [Accessed 2/21/2022]