 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 152 pages
...day of departure. The prisoners were drawn up six deep, and the young men, one hundred and sixty-one in number, were ordered to go first on board of the...they were permitted to embark with their families. Their request was immediately rejected, and the troops were ordered to fix bayonets and advance towards... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Acadians - 1854 - 124 pages
...day of departure. The prisoners were drawn up six deep, and the young men, one hundred and sixty-one in number, were ordered to go first on board of the...This they instantly and peremptorily refused to do, deelaring that they would not leave their parents ; but expressed a willingness to comply with the... | |
 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - Nova Scotia - 1859 - 350 pages
...overpowered with the sense of their miseries. The young men were first ordered to go on board of one of the vessels. This they instantly and peremptorily...they were permitted to embark with their families. The request was rejected, and the troops were ordered to fix bayonets and advance toward the prisoners,... | |
 | Lorenzo Sabine - American loyalists - 1864 - 686 pages
...day of departure. The prisoners were drawn up six deep, and the young men, one hundred and sixty-one in number, were ordered to go first on board of the...they were permitted to embark with their families. Their request was immediately rejected, and the troops were ordered to fix bayonets and advance towards... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 120 pages
...day of departure. The prisoners were drawn up six deep, and the young men, one hundred aud sixty-one in number, were ordered to go first on board of the...instantly and peremptorily refused to do, declaring they would not leave their parents; but expressed a willingness to comply with the order, provided... | |
 | Philip Henry Smith - Acadia - 1884 - 418 pages
...ordered to go first on board the vessels. This they instantly and peremptorily refused to do, declaring they would not leave their parents; but expressed...the troops were ordered to fix bayonets and advance toward the prisoners, a movement which had the effect of producing obedience on the part of the young... | |
 | Philip Henry Smith - Acadia - 1884 - 410 pages
...ordered to go first on board the vessels. This they instantly and peremptorily refused to do, declaring they would not leave their parents; but expressed...the troops were ordered to fix bayonets and advance toward the prisoners, a movement which had the effect of producing obedience on the part of the young... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Acadians - 1893 - 242 pages
...ordered to go first on board the vessels. This they instantly and peremptorily refused to do, declaring they would not leave their parents ; but expressed...the troops were ordered to fix bayonets and advance toward the prisoners, a motion which had the effect of producing obedience on the part of the young... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Acadians - 1893 - 214 pages
...ordered to go first on board the vessels. This they instantly and peremptorily refused to do, declaring they would not leave their parents ; but expressed...the troops were ordered to fix bayonets and advance toward the prisoners, a motion which had the effect of producing obedience on the part of the young... | |
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... which had the effect of producing obedience on the part of the young men, who forthwith commenced their march. The road from the chapel to the shore, just one mile in length... 