exiled from Canada in 1755 (in St. Martinville, Louisiana).]]"Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie" is a poem, published in 1847 by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Overview "Evangeline" describes the betrothal of an Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine to her betrothed, Gabriel Lajeunesse, and their separation as the British deport the Acadians from Acadie in the Great Expulsion. The poem then follows Evangeline across the landscapes of America as she spends years in a search for him. Finally she settles in Philadelphia and, as an old woman, works as a nun among the poor. While tending the dying during an epidemic she finds Gabriel among the sick, and he dies in her arms. Despite the fact that Longfellow had no links to the Acadians or Louisiana, the Cajuns have adopted his story into their culture. ?Evangeline? has become relatively common among the descendants of the Acadians. in Nova Scotia.]]Later works of