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The two boats on board were lowered into the
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tried for three days to pump the water from her. Captain
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I must acknowledge that such gratitude, for having done only our duty, in endeavouring to save their lives as well as our own, astonished me. I replied that there were no hopes of life, and, as we had all embarked in the same unhappy voyage, we would all take the same chance. I thought we ought to
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About half an hour after, the old gentleman came to me, crying; he took me in his arms, and said he came with the voice of the whole people, to desire that I and my men would endeavour to save our lives, in our boats; and as they could not carry them, they would on no consideration be the means of
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when it sank. Nichols survived the sinking and received international attention when his journal recounting the tragic incident was published in popular print throughout the 19th century in
England and America. Several years after the sinking of
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drowning us. They were well convinced, by all our behaviour, that we had done everything in our power for their preservation, but that God
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and the nearly 2,000 Acadians deported from Ile-Saint-Jean who perished in the North
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Despite this resignation, Captain
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Ship's boats in the 18th century were designed for work, not lifesaving. Intended to load cargo and supplies as well as shuttle people ashore, the three small boats aboard
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told them we must be content with our fate; and as we sure certain we had done our duty, we should submit to
Providence, to the Almighty will, with pious resignation."
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share the same fate. He said that should not be; and if I did not acquaint my people with their offer, I should have their lives to answer for.
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