Dawn's Light Woman & Nicolas Franchomme : marriage and law in the Illinois Country /
"In the heart of France's North American empire, the village of Kaskaskia was a community of French-Canadian fur traders and Kaskaskia Indians who not only lived together but often intermarried. These Indigenous and French intermarriages were central to colonial Illinois society, and the c...
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- The Illinois Country
- Native American Wives and French Husbands
- Jacques Bourdon in Life and in Death
- Marguerite 8assecam8c8e is Attacked
- Franchomme Prevails
- Textures of Life
- The Marriage Contract : Center of Life
- The Fox Scourge
- Aubains and Régnicoles : Blood and Culture
- Marguerite 8assecam8c8e's Last Dance
- Conclusion : The Critical Decade
- Illinois Country Generations : The 1726 Census.