A French Aristocrat in the American West: The Shattered Dreams of De Lassus De Luzières

List of Illustrations

xi Illustrations De Hault de Lassus coat of arms Frontispiece Baptismal record of Pierre-Charles de Hault de Lassus, 1738 10 Place Royale, Paris 12 De Luzières’s French passport, 1790 17 Pierre-Charles Bourguignon Derbigny 29 Eighteenth-century bateau 39 Shawnee Indian, Upper Louisiana, late eighteeth century 40 Governor Francisco Luis Hector de Carondelet 43 Title page from de Luzières’s recruitment pamphlet, 1796 79 Lieutenant Governor Charles (Carlos) dehault de Lassus 96 De Luzières’s burial record, 1806 113 ...