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Dear Canada Alone in Untamed Land Diary Helene St. Onge Scholastic 1st 2003. Dear Canada, Alone in an Untamed Land, The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge, Scholastic 1st 2003, fine, some corner wear condition. After their father's death leaves them orphaned, Hélène accompanies her older sister, Catherine, on a perilous journey to the New World. Catherine travels as a fille du roi ("King's Daughter")—one of hundreds of young women sponsored by King Louis XIV to marry settlers and help populate the colony. Tragically, Catherine dies during the grueling sea voyage, leaving Hélène to arrive in New France alone