Sang Mêlé

All in Southwest Nova Scotia

Sep 11

Sep 11 They are considered an inferior race by the "pure French".

Mixed-blood, Nova Scotia, sang-mêlé, Southwest Nova Scotia

“The descendants of these people are now settled in Clare, and bear on their features the marks of the singular connexion from which they sprung. They live apart from the pure French, and are considered by them an inferior race,”

Apr 27

Apr 27 Early Writings of Père Jean-Mandé Sigogne at Cape Sable and the Baie Sainte-Marie

Chris Boudreau

Southwest Nova Scotia, sigogne, sang-mêlé, Nova Scotia

“I cannot help blaming a certain prejudice that I perceive that exists among you. It is that you consider the blood of this or that family purer in one than in the other…” Sigogne 1799, Cap Sables, NS.

Dec 20

Dec 20 “Hybridity” of the “Acadians” of Cape Sable/Southwest Nova Scotia 1858

Chris Boudreau

Cape Sable, Southwest Nova Scotia

I had heard some of the oldest of the French settlers say that the Indian language was as familiar to them as their mother tongue.

Dec 12

Dec 12 Monseigneur Pierre Denaut’s Response to Père Jean-Mandé Sigogne’s 1800

Chris Boudreau

Southwest Nova Scotia, sigogne, sang-mêlé, Mixed-blood

“… There reigns here a prejudice that seems to be contradictory to the charity and the spirit of the church… it has been carried too far and it is supported by authority and by the clergy. It is the marriage that is contracted between those who are called Whites and others who they call sang mêlé, which is not accepted by people here.”

Oct 8

Oct 8 “Semi-Indians” residing at Clare, NS 1830

Chris Boudreau

Southwest Nova Scotia, sigogne

A few families of semi-Indian extraction are to be found in this settlement: their origin must be referred to the commencement of the eighteenth century