I’d always thought that the feux‑follet, will‑o‑the‑wisp, and loup‑garou, werewolf, were not discovered by the Acadians until they reached Louisiana. But apparently they were with our Cajun ancestors even in old Acadie.
Philip H. Smith, one of the first historians to record the life and exile of the Acadians, wrote “Acadia, A Lost Chapter in American History” in 1884.
He said th...