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Within this narrative of a married couple and their legal fight - based on French manuscripts and supported by the comprehensively annotated 1726 Illinois census - is also the story of the village of Kaskaskia during the 1720s, of the war between Fox Indians and French settlers, and of how the spread of plow agriculture transformed Illinois.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Principal Characters
  • 1. The Illinois Country
  • 2.Native American;Wives & French Husbands
  • 3. Jacques Bourdon in Life & in Death
  • 4. Marguerite 8assecam8c8eis Attacked
  • 5. Franchomme Prevails
  • 6. Textures of Life
  • 7. The Marriage Contract: Center of Life
  • 8. The Fox Scourge
  • 9. Aubains and RÉgnicoles: Blood and Culture
  • 10. Marguerite’s Last Dance
  • Conclusion: The Critical Decade
  • Illinois Country Generations: The 1726 Census
  • Glossary of French terms
  • Essential Illinois Country Readings

    Dawns Light Woman Nicolas Franchomme Marriage

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        Publisher: MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni
        Publication Date: 9/26/2022 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780809338863, 978-0809338863
        ISBN10: 0809338866
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Within this narrative of a married couple and their legal fight - based on French manuscripts and supported by the comprehensively annotated 1726 Illinois census - is also the story of the village of Kaskaskia during the 1720s, of the war between Fox Indians and French settlers, and of how the spread of plow agriculture transformed Illinois.

        Table of Contents
        • Preface
        • Introduction
        • Principal Characters
        • 1. The Illinois Country
        • 2.Native American;Wives & French Husbands
        • 3. Jacques Bourdon in Life & in Death
        • 4. Marguerite 8assecam8c8eis Attacked
        • 5. Franchomme Prevails
        • 6. Textures of Life
        • 7. The Marriage Contract: Center of Life
        • 8. The Fox Scourge
        • 9. Aubains and RÉgnicoles: Blood and Culture
        • 10. Marguerite’s Last Dance
        • Conclusion: The Critical Decade
        • Illinois Country Generations: The 1726 Census
        • Glossary of French terms
        • Essential Illinois Country Readings

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