Title Mémoires of Michilimackinac and the Pays d'en Haut : Indians and French in the upper Great Lakes at the turn of the eighteenth century / edited and translated by José António Brandão

Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press ; Mackinac Island : Mackinac Island State Park Commission, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (lxxv, 404 pages) Contents Relation of the sieur De lamotte Cadillac, Captain en pied, having a company of the marine in Canada, the aforementioned [being the] commandant of Michilimackinac and other distant posts where he was for three years. a very interesting work, based upon the author's original and not yet printed. by D. ... D., at Versailles at Parc au Cerf, 1718 -- D'Aigremont's memoire of 14 November, 1708 -- Memoire on the establishment of Michilimackinac, by Begon, September 20, 1713 -- Appendix. Other translated documents that relate to Michilimackinac in this period Summary Mémoires of Michilimackinac offers corrected, unabridged, and properly annotated and edited transcriptions and translations of three important documents related to the French presence and French-Native American relations in the Great Lakes region before 1715. TheRelation du sieur De lamotte Cadillac; d'Aigremont's Mémoire of November 14, 1708; and Bégon'sMémoire on the Establishment of Michilimackinac of September 20, 1713, are thoroughly examined, with an introduction that places these documents in context; summarizes major findings about Michilimackinac, Native American cultures, and French imperial ambitions in the Great Lakes region; and includes a critical exploration of the documents' authorship. All threemémoires provide windows into Michilimackinac's centrality to the French imperial and trade network and the place of Native Americans in French policy during this period, and ultimately contribute to understanding trends, enduring and new, in the scholarship of French and Indians in the upper Great Lakes Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2019) Subject Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Mackinac County -- History -- 18th century -- Sources HISTORY -- General. Indians of North America SUBJECT Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Mackinac County (Mich.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Subject Michigan -- Mackinac County Michigan -- Mackinaw City -- Fort Michilimackinac Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book Author Brandão, José António, 1957- translator, editor. ISBN 9781609176044 1609176049

Other Titles Indians and French in the upper Great Lakes at the turn of the eighteenth century

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