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**__Diary of__ __Ambros Heidel__ ** Dear Diary,

Today was awful; we are not growing much on the farm this month so I can ’ t pay rent. Number one rule of being a habitant and living on the Seigneur ’ s land is that you have to pay your rent on time. I guess I have no other choice but to give him my last chicken. Being a habitant has been hard but I have to say ever since I came to New France to take care of the Seigneur ’ s land my life has changed. I have a home now. I built it out of logs. My roof is covered in thatch. Inside my house there are two bedrooms for my whole family. To keep my house warm I built a beautiful chimney out of stone.

Life is getting boring around here. Every day I have to plough the field, plant the crops and wait until they grow. I hope I grow some wheat soon. Wheat is the most important crop you can grow. You can get so much out of it. I don ’ t have any vegetables growing right now, therefore I think I’m going to go fishing and hunting if I want to put food in my family ’ s stomachs. The good thing is that we get great fish here. I sometimes get really inpatient when fishing, but when I catch something I know it was worth the wait.

Tomorrow is Mr. Nap ’ s daughter ’ <span style="font-family: 'AHJ Chantilly LH','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">s wedding. We are all invited as a community to go and have fun. We are all Roman Catholics here, so we are all going to the church that the Seigneur has built for us. Now that I <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'AHJ Chantilly LH'; msoasciifontfamily: 'AHJ Chantilly LH';">’ <span style="font-family: 'AHJ Chantilly LH','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ve moved to New France I can afford one tailor made clothing per year. It <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'AHJ Chantilly LH'; msoasciifontfamily: 'AHJ Chantilly LH';">’ <span style="font-family: 'AHJ Chantilly LH','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">s white and has some Leather on it. I <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'AHJ Chantilly LH'; msoasciifontfamily: 'AHJ Chantilly LH';">’ <span style="font-family: 'AHJ Chantilly LH','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">m going to wear it with my brimmed hat. Tomorrow is going to be a great day.

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear Diary, Our Seigneur, ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Jacques Francois and his wife, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Marguerite Mareau are here today and he has accepted my chicken as rent. Since Jacques Francois is here, and I’m leaving on his land I have to feed and take care of him. Tonight is Mr. Nap’s Daughter’s wedding and I’m so excited. For the wedding Jacques Francois has asked my wife to make a coat out of leather and beaver fur for him. Everyone is helping with decorating the church and the food. As a community we are helping each other. Even the Seigneur is helping. He has offered to take care of all the cost. My wife and Mrs. Nape are making the bride’s wedding dress and groom’s suite. Now that Jacques Francoisis here everything will go perfectly tonight. It’s like a miracle; all the crops in my farm have tripled in size. Thank god. Jacques Francois is very happy about how I’m taking care of his land. He has ordered me to grow a lot of wheat so I can grain it in the mill. Then he wants me to send two kilograms of grained wheat to him in a week. I’m worried I might not grow that much but I have to be optimistic.

Bibliography: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Neening, Rosemary. __Life in New France.__ Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Publisher, 1976 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Moore, Christopher. __Mathurine Brochu of New France.__ Toronto: Grolie Limited,1988 Habitants. Wikipedia. (<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">[|www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/habitants]). Updated on January,12,2010.