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Author Dumont de Montigny

Title The memoir of lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747 : a sojourner in the French Atlantic / Jean-François-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny ; translated by Gordon M. Sayre ; edited by Gordon M. Sayre and Carla Zecher
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Introduction -- Chronology of the Life of Dumont and Events in His Memoir -- The Dumont Family -- Editorial Methods and Description of the Dumont de Montigny Manuscript Memoir -- Translator's Note -- THE MEMOIR -- Dedicatory Epistle -- Chapter 1. Voyage to Quebec -- Return to La Rochelle: 1714-1719 -- Chapter 2. Voyage to Louisiana -- Return to Lorient: May 1719-March 1721 -- Chapter 3. Second Voyage to Louisiana -- Settlement of the Colony: March 1721-Sept. 1722
Chapter 4. Quarrels in New Orleans -- Battles at Natchez: Oct. 1722-Aug. 1724 -- Chapter 5. Pascagoula -- Natchez: Aug. 1724-Sept. 1729 -- Chapter 6. The Natchez Revolt: Autumn 1728-Summer 1735 -- Chapter 7. Life in New Orleans -- The First Chickasaw War: Sept. 1732-June 1737 -- Chapter 8. Return to France -- The Second Chickasaw War: June 1737-Sept. 1746 -- Chapter 9. The English Attack Brittany: Sept.-Oct. 1746 -- Chapter 10. Financial Difficulties -- Imprisonment: 1746-1747 -- Chapter 11. Ethnography -- Chapter 12. Natural History and the Story of Juchereau de Saint Denis -- Appendix 1. Title
Appendix 2. Preface -- Appendix 3. List of the Names of Nations Known to the Author That Are Found in the Island of North America -- Appendix 4. Table -- A Biographical Dictionary of the Persons Named in Dumont's Manuscript Memoir -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Summary In 1719, Jean-François-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny set sail for Louisiana with a commission as a lieutenant after a year in Quebec. His adventures over the next 18 years, as recorded in his 1747 memoir, underscore the complexity of the expanding French Atlantic world, offering a singular perspective on early colonialism in Louisiana. His life story also provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of the peoples and environment of the lower Mississippi valley. Dumont emerges here as an important colonial voice and brings the French vividly to life
Notes Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject French -- North America -- History
HISTORY -- North America.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
French
French colonies
SUBJECT France -- Colonies -- America -- History
North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092461
Subject America
North America
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Sayre, Gordon M. (Gordon Mitchell), 1964-
Zecher, Carla, 1959-
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
ISBN 9781469608662
1469608669
9780807837221
0807837229
9781469608655
1469608650
Other Titles Regards sur le monde atlantique, 1715-1747. English