"There he was, paddling a Mi'kmaq canoe on the St Lawrence River in September 1755." From her Grandmother's place in New Orleans -- "Memere has lived in this blue cottage in the Treme neighborhood for as long as I remember" -- Sido was talking to Caydance on the telephone. Caydance was in her studio in San Francisco. Somewhere in Silicon Valley, Griff was exchanging game film with the Coach of the Sunnyvale Racs.

"His name was Jacques Marie Saint-Pierre Frazier. In his possession was a map that began at the Bay of Fundy and ended at Niagara Falls. His Mother was part Mi'kmaq; his Father was from a French family of mariners and fishermen. Jacques Marie had intelligence from the natives that the British would soon attack Acadia. He was scouting avenues of escape. But he was too late. That is what Memere remembers from a now lost diary that was once in her husband’s possession. Memere is in the kitchen showing Tyrone how to make a Cajun Shrimp Boil. Yes, they are getting along. Almost too well. Mon pere vient dîner. We'll see how that goes.

arrow "The Mississippi is over 2,000 miles long. Nowadays, You could do it in four months or less, but the portages would have been much more difficult in 1755, and probably he did not know where they were. It took Jacques Marie over a year to reach the French colony. Louisiana. La Louisiane."