French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction by Robert Englebert and Guillaume Teasdale xi “Faire la chaudière”: The Wendat Feast of Souls, 1636 Kathryn Magee Labelle 1 Natives, Newcomers, and Nicotiana: Tobacco in the History of the Great Lakes Region Christopher M. Parsons 21 The Terms of Encounter: Language and Contested Visions of French Colonization in the Illinois Country, 1673–1702 Robert Michael Morrissey 43 “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 77 “Protection” and “Unequal Alliance”: The French Conception of Sovereignty over Indians in New France Gilles Havard 113 The French and the Natchez: A Failed Encounter Arnaud Balvay 139 From Subjects to Citizens: Two Pierres and the French Influence on the Transformation of the Illinois Country John Reda 159 Blue Beads, Vermilion, and Scalpers: The Social Economy of the 1810–1812 Astorian Overland Expedition’s French Canadian Voyageurs Nicole St-Onge 183 Contributors 217 ...