History as They Lived It: A Social History of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois

Glossary

arpent aune bateau capot dit engage faux saunter league livre metis History As Thf!Y Lived It GLOSSARY lineal measure, approx. 192ft., or 57.84 meters; area measure, 3399.48 square meters, or approximately .85-acre a measure of cloth 1.18 meters long "Larger than pirogues and built of several pieces oftimber, they were flat bottomed and pointed ofbow and stern. One end was covered with hoops of cloth for protecting the stores. They carried sails, and when the wind was unfavorable, they were oared or poled." (Belting 1975, 64) a blanket coat with a short cape, which could form a hood so-called, nicknamed hired worker contraband salt dealer approx. 2.5 miles but was highly variable (Galloway 1982, 29) amount of weight equal to 380-550 grams varying by province; the monetary unit equals 20 sous (Paucton 1780) half-French, half-Indian children 320 minot piece d'Inde pied pirogue pot pouce toise Glossary dry measure, 70 lbs. (Surrey 1916, 291) "standard value of a complete negro, that is seventeen years or over without bodily defects , or a negress without bodily defects, of fifteen to thirty years, or three children of eight to ten years in age." (Belting 1975, 38) "foot;" equals 12%" English a dugout canoe made ofa hollowed out tree, often very large 96 cubicpouce equals 63.4 oz., which equals half-gallon. 31.6.24.1 cask ofbrandy sold in lots of four pots per lot; five lots equals twenty pots, which equals one cask "inch;" equals 1.06" English inch equals 1.95 meters; 30 toises per arpent 321 ...