Approximately 193 Acadians who had been involved in guerilla warfare against the British in Canada were led by Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, to settle in the Attakapas District in 1765 [REF].
These settlers became the nexus for future waves of Acadian immigration, when their dispersed relatives were able to gather sufficient funds and permissions from the various national entities under whose control they found themselves [REF].