e Pedro d'Ortez, suicided 1604.
d'Artin, died Aug. 28, Charles Pedro, killed ) Sons
1572. by Raoul 1602. ) of
Bartholomew Pasquier (son Raoul, died 1618. ) above
of above), died 1609. Charles Francis Peter (son of
Bartholomew Placide ) Raoul), died without issue.
Pasquier killed in ) Sons Pedro d'Ortez (brother to
wars of the Fronde. ) of above), died 1663
Henri Louis John (brother ) above. Henry (son of above), killed
to above), died 1654. ) in battle.
Francois Rene Xavier de Pasquier Alphonze, killed in )
(ennobled), killed 1650. battle. )
Francois Rene Alois de Pasquier, Felix, died in infancy. ) Sons
fled to America. Supposed to Raoul Armand Xavier ) of
have been killed about 1681. d'Ortez, born 1641 ) above.
No known descendants. Well (myself). Died ----. )
known to the Cure of St. No children. )
Martin's, Quebec. She who was born my daughter I
disowned, and she died without
issue.

It appeared that the only thing to be done was to visit the good Cure
of St. Martin's, and, enlisting him in the search, find whatever
descendants might have been left by this Francois Rene Alois de
Pasquier. The task need not be a difficult one, as many old people
should still be living who might have known of the man.[2]

I now bethought me of this enterprise as a fair excuse whereby I could
leave Biloxi for a space. I would, therefore, call upon my old friend,
and having obtained leave, matters now being safe with the colony, make
the journey to Quebec.

But, alas for the weakness of fallen humanity; my last act before
putting myself out of temptation's way was to run full tilt into it.

While this came so near to causing my dishonorable death, yet it was,
under Divine Providence, the direct means of spreading before me a long
life of happiness and honor. After a hard battle with my weaker self I
lost the fight.

Just as on the day I departed from Versailles, I determined, cost what
it would, to see Agnes once again. So I wrote her a note. Such a
blunt and clumsy billet as only a love-sick soldier or a country clown
could have written.