Contents |
Introduction: French and Indians in the heart of North America / Robert Englebert and Guillaume Teasdale -- "Faire la chaudiere": the Wendat Feast of Souls, 1636 / Kathryn Magee Labelle -- Natives, newcomers and nicotiana: tobacco in the history of the Great Lakes / Christopher M. Parsons -- The terms of encounter: language and contested visions of French colonization -- In the Illinois Country, 1673-1702 / Robert Michael Morrissey -- "Gascon exaggerations": the rise of Antoine Laumet (dit de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac), the foundation of colonial Detroit, and the origins of the Fox Wars / Richard Weyhing -- "Protection" and "unequal alliance": the French conception of sovereignty over the Indians in New France / Gilles Havard -- The French and the Natchez: a failed encounter / Arnaud Balvay -- From subjects to citizens: two Pierres and the French influence on the transformation of the Illinois Country / John Reda -- Blue beads, vermilion, and scalpers: the social economy of the 1810-1812 Astorian Overland Expedition's French-Canadian voyageurs / Nicole St-Onge. |
General note | Consists mainly of papers concerning the history of French-Indian relations in the colonial Great Lakes region and Mississippi River Valley presented at the annual meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society in 2008. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2012028341 |
ISBN | 9781609173609 (ebook) |
ISBN | 9781611860740 (pbk. : alk. paper) |