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It is commonly reported that since they have lived there they have not engaged in clearing and cultivating their lands, that they have no cattle nor any other employment than that of a miserable traffic exclusively with the savages; and as his Majesty has been informed that the lands in those parts are the best in the world, watered by large rivers and in a situation more temperate and pleasant than other parts of Canada, the sieurs d'Amours must be compelled to establish themselves upon a better footing; and those people who are to have new grants of land are directed to this part of Acadia where, as his Majesty is informed, the sieurs d'Amours pretend to have exclusive possession of about thirty leagues of country."
He also claimed another and larger seigniory, extending from a point one league below Villebon's fort at the Nashwaak four leagues up the river with a depth of three leagues on each side. His brother Rene d'Amours, sieur de Chignancourt, lived on this seigniory a league or so above the fort.
His master then advised him to go up to the fort and take leave of the Governor, which he did, and says the Sieur de Villebon spoke very kindly to him. Some days after he took an affecting leave of Madame d'Amours and his master went down to the mouth of the river with him to see him on board.
As mentioned in a previous chapter, it was customary among the French noblesse for each son to take a surname derived from some portion of the family estate; accordingly the sons of Councillor d'Amours figure in history as Louis d'Amours, sieur de Chauffours; Mathieu d'Amours, sieur de Freneuse; Rene d'Amours, sieur de Clignancourt and Bernard d'Amours, sieur de Plenne.
Their minds are wholly spoiled by long licentiousness and the manners they have acquired among the Indians, and they must be watched closely as I had the honor to state to you last year." Fortunately for the reputation of the brothers d'Amours we have evidence that places them in a more favorable light than does the testimony of Governor Villebon.
The Sieurs d'Amours, except the Sieur Clignancourt, have sown this year pretty considerably of wheat and the Sieur Bellefontaine also, the Sieur Martel some rye and wheat and much peas. The other inhabitants have sown some Indian corn, which would have turned out well only they have sown too late on account of their land being inundated." Baron la Hontan visited Fort Nashouac about 1694.
They are disobedient and seditious and require to be watched." Writing to the French minister the next year he observes: "I have no more reason, my lord, to be satisfied with the sieurs d'Amours than I previously had. The one who has come from France has not pleased me more than the other two.
That the sentiments of this royal message were inspired by Villebon is evident from the tenor of the letters he addresses to the French ministry at this time. In one of these he says of the brothers d'Amours: "They are four in number living on the St. John river. They are given up to licentiousness and independence for the ten or twelve years they have been here.
Castin, married his wife's brother, a son of Louis d'Amours, a circumstance of interest not only as being a double marriage between the families of St. Castin and d'Amours, but also from the fact that the familiar titles of the d'Amours family seem to have been retained in this, the oldest branch of their family.
To her son she once said: "Nothing is less becoming to a young man than a certain modesty that makes him believe that he is not capable of great things. This modesty is a languor of the soul, which prevents it from soaring and rapidly carrying itself to glory." Her famous Salon des Muses and Cabinet d'Amours were filled with the finest works of art and the most exquisite paintings.
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