author - "Arthur George Doughty"
ut authority and applied torture to an unconvictedsoldier, and Perrot, who sold liquor by the pint and thehalf-pint in his own house, were unworthy representativesof the crown.By 1710 the population of Acadia had grown to abouttwenty-one hundred souls, distributed chiefly in thedistricts of Port Royal, Minas, and Chignecto. Most ofthese were descended from the settlers brought over byRazilly and Charnisay between 1633 and 1638. On the whole,they were a strong, healthy, virtuous people,
ut authority and applied torture to an unconvictedsoldier, and Perrot, who sold liquor by the pint and thehalf-pint in his own house, were unworthy representativesof the crown.By 1710 the population of Acadia had grown to abouttwenty-one hundred souls, distributed chiefly in thedistricts of Port Royal, Minas, and Chignecto. Most ofthese were descended from the settlers brought over byRazilly and Charnisay between 1633 and 1638. On the whole,they were a strong, healthy, virtuous people,