After Amelie survives smallpox, Me’tekw took her to Quebec City where she became a healer at the crowded hospital. He disappeared after that, and she did […]

Amelie introduces us to how the Acadians and the Mi’kmaq coexisted.   History of Acadians/Mi’kmaq When my people first came to this land over a hundred […]

In the alternate story, Me’tekw didn’t find Amelie until after she had burned the cabin.   7. Amelie after Smallpox   Morning brought sunshine. I lay […]

In the original draft, Me’tekw brought the recovering Amelie to a hospital inside Quebec City’s crumbling walls where she nursed the sick and wounded. Satisfied she […]

Not only did I originally have an extra brother in the original story, but the two of them also found Connor during a battle. Just as […]

In the first draft of Promises to Keep, I saw one more older brother in Amelie’s household, and when Henri ran to the Mi’kmaq in September […]

I included an additional section at one point, and in it Connor returned from his role on the Pembroke and rejoined the British Army. This section […]

1 . Amelie’s Family   My papa, Charles Belliveau, was sixteen and still living with the Mi’kmaq when he met my maman. Sylvie Fontaine had grown […]