![]() ![]() Women’s Acceptance of Duty: It’s interesting how Hèléne accepts her role as a filles du roi. Discrimination: Hèléne sees how the Native Inhabitants are treated especially those who associate with the Mohawk tribe.Ĭ. ![]() Hardship of Life: Hèléne faces many difficulties, including the death of her immediate family, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean and life in rural Montreal.ī. Determined to marry on her terms, can 15 year old Hèléne find love in Canada’s frontier?Ī. She decides to take her sister’s place as a filles du roi, where when she finally ends her journey in Montreal, she will be asked to marry and start a family so that the population would grow in New France. Hèléne suffers many hardships on the boat including the death of her sister. Onge and her older sister Catherine, leave France to go to New France. Alone in an untamed land: The filles du roi Diary of Hèléne St. ![]()
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