but apparently
without consulting the home government, decided that the Acadians must
be deported from Nova Scotia. The reason for this decision was the
obstinate refusal of the Acadians to take the oath of allegiance, and
the conviction of the governor that the safety of the colony depended
upon their expulsion. In September, 1755, all preparations having been
made with the utmost secrecy, Monckton at Beausejour, Winslow at Grand
Pre, Murray at Piziquid, and Handfield at Annapolis, seized the
inhabitants and held them prisoners until the arrival of the transport
and provision ships. These having been delayed, the final embarkation
did not take place until late in December. The Acadians were distributed
among the British colonies along the Atlantic seaboard. Some hired
vessels in 1763, and sailed to Miquelon, and in 1767 and following years
returned gradually to their old Acadian home. Others came directly to
Nova Scotia in 1766, there being no longer any reason for their
exclusion, while others went north to Quebec or south to Louisiana. The
present Acadian population in the three Maritime Provinces is over
150,000, and these are the descendants of the few families who escaped
deportation, and of those who returned from exile. =Index=: _See_
references under Acadia. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Richard,
_Acadia_; Casgrain, _Un Pelerinage au Pays d'Evangeline_; _Une Seconde
Acadie_; _Les Sulpiciens et les Pretres des Missions Etrangeres en
Acadia_; _Documents Inedits sur l'Acadie, 1710-1815_; Archibald,
_Expulsion of Acadians_ (N.S. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1887); _Selections from
the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins; Calnek and Savary,
_History of the County of Annapolis_.

=Accommodation.= First steamboat on the St. Lawrence. Built by John
Molson at Montreal. Arrived at Quebec from Montreal, Nov. 5, 1809,
making the run in 36 hours. The vessel measured 85 feet over all, had 16
feet beam, and was equipped with an engine of six-horse power. _See
also_ Molson; Steamships. =Bib.=: _Semi-Centennial Report of Montreal
Board of Trade_, 1893.

=Adams.= =Bk= United States brig on Lake Erie, 178; surrendered to
British, 256; name changed to _Detroit_, 274; captured by Americans at
Fort Erie, 289; burnt, 290. =Bib.=: Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_.

=Adams, John.= Came to Nova Scotia from Boston. Appointed member of the
Council, 1720. After the death of Lawrence Armstrong, administered the
government during 17