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HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA. 
or, they used sea shells instead. "Their cart-wheels were circular 
pieces sawn from the trunk of trees, with holes made in the 
centre for the axles. Riding waggons were not used in Lunenburg 
till sixty years after its first settlement. 
The Riot. — A. few months after the Germans went to 
Lunenburg, certain evil-minded persons spread a report amongst 
them, that some of the supplies sent out for them from England 
had been withheld. "This caused great excitement, and the place 
was for several days under mob rule. Colonel Monckton came 
down from Halifax with a few soldiers, aud soon restored urder 
without using any harslı means, 
CHAPTER IX. 
EXPULSION OF THE ACADIANS, 
Beausejour, 1755, A.D.— The year 1755 was 
noted. for two important events in the history of 
Nova Scotia. "The first was the capture of Fort 
Beausejour ; the second was the expulsion of the ill- 
fated Acadians. "The capture of Fort Beausejour put 
an end to the claims of the French on the country 
north of the Missaquash. The expedition was fitted 
out in Massachusetts. Colonel Monckton, sailing from 
Boston with a force of two thousand men, landed 
early in June near Fort Lawrence. Opposed by 
Acadians and Indians he fought his way across the 
river, and opened. fire on Fort Beausejour., Vergor, 
the commander of the fort, called to his aid the 
Acadians of the surrounding country. Having hidden 
their women and children in the woods they obeyed 
the summons, But they brought little strength to 
the fort. Seeing the English at close quarters, they 
were filled with alarm, and began to desert the 
French commander in his hour of need.