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RE-ENACTMENT OF THE DAUTERIVE CONTRACT DOCUMENT
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2001 the "Famille Beausoleil" participated in a week long
Broussard celebration and reunion at Vermilionville Village.
Included in this week long event was the Re-enactment of the cattle
contracts by the Broussard Family, the Guilbeaux Family, and members
from the group that arrived by ship from Halifax, Nova Scotia, via Santo
Domingo in February, 1765. These contracts had been signed at New
Orleans in 1765, prior to the Acadian contingent movement into the
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J. Maxie Broussard and Loubert Trahan reenacting the
signing of the "Dauterive Contract"
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J. Maxie Broussard and John Broussard signing the "Dauterive
Contract" as Loubert Trahan reads the Spanish proclamation.
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J. Maxie addresses the gathering while John Broussard
completes signing.
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Don Louis Broussard, John Broussard and Loubert Trahan
observe while J. Maxie Explains the "Dauterive Contract" to
the participants.
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Milton & Sadie Guilbeaux representing their
"Family" at the re-enactment.
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Vermilionville Guide with Sadie Guilbeaux and Charles
Broussard at the Re-Enactmetment.
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Harvey Broussard dressed in period garb for the
Re-enactment.
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Loubert Trahan reading the Spanish Governor's contract to
help the impoverished Acadians obtain cattle for future prosperity.
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Don Louis Broussard all dressed up.
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Charles Broussard explaining what the
"Contract" meant to the "Beausoleil" family, and how
the Acadians prospered because of it.
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