 Therefore, in the winter of 1707, Choiseul-Beaupré, the governor of the region sought to get rid of what he saw as a threat.He insisted upon control of the hospital, but the "flibustiers" refused, considering that humiliating.They proceeded to close the hospital rather than cede control of it to the governor, and many of them became "habitans" (farmers) the first long-term European inhabitants in the region.