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INDEX A Abenaki people, 86, 73n. 43 Acadia, 85, 115 account books: Detroit, 95-96, 123n. 18; dishonesty, 8; expenditures, 8, 86-87; income, 99-100, 101; Lamarque's for Chagouamigon, 13-16, 36nn. 5, 7; for the Sioux post, 251-65; Michilimackinac, 92-95, 96, 100-2, 269-86; Western Sea, 141-43. See also Bigot, Franc;:ois; dishonesty; fur trade; appendices 1 & 2 Achaouabeme (Ottawa chief), 106, 125n. 37 Adhemar, Jean-Baptiste (notary), 16, 17, 50, 68, 177 Affaire du Canada, 243, 249n. 14, 308n. 19 Albany, New York, 12,81, 107, 131 alcohol, trade goods and supplies: brandy, 14,15,24,56,87,94,95,144,239, 151, 152; rum, 87; wine, 14, 15,87, 94, 95, 123n. 18, 139-40, 151, 155, 237-38, 243-44. See also brandy; appendices 1, 2, & 3 Algonquin people, 76, 80, 91 Annapolis Royal, 75, 85 Archives du Seminaire de Quebec (ASQ), 196n.20 arms, trade goods and supplies: bayonettes, 14; bullets, 143; flints, 14, 87, 93, 94; gun powder, 15, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 143,217; knives, 14, 56, 86, 87, 93, 319 94, 189; lead, 93, 95; musket balls, 86, 87,94; musket covers, 87, 95, 258, 267n. 19; muskets, 61, 87, 95, 258, 267n. 19; strike-a-lights, 86, 94; tomahawks , 14, 87; wad extractors, 14, 87, 93,94. See also appendices 1 & 2 artillery, 83 Ashland, Wisconsin, 4 Assiniboin people, 152, 182, 184, 186-87; slaves, 34 Assumption, Fort (Memphis, Tenn.), 48, 114 auction-leasing trade system, 8, 57, 59, 6266 , 72n. 36. See also trade leases Auger, Etienne (appraiser), 231 Aulneau de La Touche, Jean-Pierre Oesuit missionary),34 B Baby, dit Duperont, Jacques (Indian agent), 219, 229-30n. 34 Baribeau (trader), 101 Beaucours, Josue Dubois Berthelot de (governor ofMontreal), 75, 76, 78-81, 82-83, 116 Beauharnois, Charles de La Boische de (governor-general of New France), 24, 41,42, 114, 115, 286n. 12; lease auctions , 62-66; and Michilimackinac, 91, 99; orders to Saint-Pierre, 11-12,34- 320 Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre 35,54-55, 75, 81-85; and Saratoga, 75-76,80,246 Beauharnois, Claude-Charles, Chevalier de (nephew; officer), 52, 71n. 22 Beauharnois, Fort (Sioux Post; Lake Pepin), 4, 5, 12,26-35 passim Beaujeu, Daniel-Hyacinthe-Marie Lienard de (officer), 9n. 5, 134, 159-60n. 12, 225, 230n. 41 Beaujeu, Louis Lienard de (officer; father), 159-60n. 12 Beaujeu de Villemonde (Villemomble), Louis Lienard (officer), 159-60n. 12 Beaumoir, de (soldier cadet), 79 beaver, 2,6,49, 130, 165, 166, 169, 170, 173, 189; tax, 175. See also pelts Began (de La Cour), Marie-Elisabeth (indendant's sister-in-law), 155, 162n. 35 Beletre (Belestre), Franyois-Marie Picote de (officer), 107, 108, 109, 122n. 15, 125n. 39 Belleborne, Jean Nicollet de (explorer), xxiv n. 2 Benoit, Antoine-Gabriel-Fran~ois (officer ), 211, 228n. 19 Bermen de La Martiniere, Claude-Antoine de (officer), 47, 70n. 11 Berthelot. See Beaucours Bertrand, Laurent (trader), 100 Besnard, dil Carignan, Jean-Baptiste (voyageur), 48 Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de (governor of Louisiana), 48, 114, 126n. 49, 173 Bigot, Franyois (intendant of New France), 117-20,121, 160n. 17, 229n. 31; arrested, 243; Western Sea activity, 139, 141-42, 156, 163,243 Biron, Jean (witness), 17 Bissonet, Alexandre (canoeist), 142 Bissonet, Joseph-Paul (canoeist), 140-41, 142 Blackfoot people, 182,184, 197n. 23, 198n.26 blacksmith, importance of, 216, 219 Blainville. See Celoron de Blainville Blanzy. See Danre de Blanzy. Bleury, de (soldier cadet), 79 Blondeau, Jean-Marie (witness), 29, 31 Boishebert, Charles Deschamps de (officer ),78 Boisseau, Nicolas (notary), 70n. 14 Bonnecamps, Joseph-Pierre de Gesuit cartographer ), 134, 159n. 9 Boucher. See Niverville Bouat (cadet), 78 Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de (officer), 72n. 38, 195n. 7, 199n. 29 Bourbon II, Fort, 131,149 Bourguignon, Jean Jeannot Gannot) dil (soldier), 167, 172, 173 Bouron, Henri (notary), 141, 146 Boutin, dil du Bard, Joseph (habitant), 21 Braddock, Edward (English general), 3, 9n. 5; Fort Duquesne campaign, 214, 222-23, 229n. 33, 230nn. 34, 41. See also Monongahela brandy: illegal trade, 155-56; standard ration, 24, 64, 139-40; price and profit, 56, 172,238, 242, 248nn. 8, 12; prohibition , 151-52, 156; Saint-Pierre's cache, 237-38, 243-44; undesirable effect on Indians, 107, 215, 217, 220. See also alcohol Breard, Jacques-Michel (controller of the Marine), 138, 160n. 17 Brochet people, 182, 198n. 26 Brymner, Douglas (archivist), 177, 197n. 25 Buade. See Frontenac Busquet, Antoine? (debtor), 106, 125n. 35 c Cadillac, Antoine de Lamothe (officer...

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