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More specifically he was part of the expulsion from the Fort Beauséjour area (near Sackville, New Brunswick). He, and some of his family, became renowned for their bravery during this period. The next year about a dozen of this group, including Pierre, escaped and headed north on foot.
They reached Lake Ontario, were captured by Iroquois, and ransomed by a fur trader who took them to Quebec, where they arrived in September 1756.
There they were questioned by Governor Vaudreuil. The brothers went to Panaccadie, New Brunswick, where a few Acadian families were in hiding.
A large number of families requested deportation to France, but were refused permission to leave as they were considered British subjects. The family eventually were allowed to stay and the long line of the Basque family continues to this day.