Histories

"A larger frigate than either 'Le Bon Papa,' 'La Bergere,' or 'Le Beaumont.' 'Le Saint Remi' [400 tons] had 325 passengers plus 16 stowaways or 341 passengers with a great load of baggage, furniture and trunks. The unhealthy congestion and smallpox left 12 children dead. Scurvy caused the death of 3 women. Upon arriving smallpox claimed 16 more victims and much sickness in their camp in New Orleans. After regaining health there were 19 new adherents, celebration of 8 births and 5 marriages. Of the group, 85 families chose La Fourche (area around Plattenville), 2 families chose Atacapas (St. Martinville) and Opelousas while 2 families chose Nueva Galvez (often called Galveztown; at the confluence of the Amite River and Bayou Manchac or southeast of Baton Rouge) and Baton Rouge. (Oscar Winzerling, "Acadian Odyssey," quoted in Donald J. Hebert, "Acadian Families in Exile," p. 64)