Also Leej, there was a strong loyalist migration into isolated areas surrounding Lakes Erie and Ontario and also in pockets along the Ohio River. Thirty years previous to this, many of these same places were settled by the French, giving them a very interesting history (to say the least) and some cross cultural oddities also. A strong case can be made for the Appalachian dulcimer originating about this same period in an area around Gallipolis, Ohio through just such a mixing. That's a long story, but it has a lot of documentation behind it...but that's another argument. I honestly do feel bad that I don't know a song to help out Rick here. It's an interesting period in American history, but I had not heard of the "infighting" in Nova Scotia before this.

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