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Author:

MacDonald, David, 1943- author.

Title:

Lives of Fort de Chartres : commandants, soldiers, and civilians in French Illinois, 1720-1770 / David MacDonald.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xv, 262 pages ; illustrations : 23 cm.

Subject:

Fort de Chartres Site (Ill.)
French--Illinois--History--18th century.
French--Illinois--Biography.
Illinois--History--To 1778.
Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I. French Illinois -- The land -- The native peoples -- The settlers -- The slaves -- The French settlements -- The administration: military and civilian -- The four Forts de Chartres -- The convoys -- The end of French Illinois -- Part II. Commandants of Fort de Chartres -- First commandment: Pierre-Sidrac Dugu©♭ de Boisbriand (1718-24) -- Second and fifth commandant: Claude-Charles Dutisn©♭ (1724-25, 1729-30) -- Third commandant: Jean-Charles de Pradel (interim 1725) -- Fourth commandant: Pierre-Charles Desliette (1725-29) -- Sixth commandant: Robert Groston de St. Ange (1730-33) -- Seventh commandant: Pierre d'Artaguiette d'Itouralde (1733-36) -- Eighth commandant: Alphonse de la Buissonni©·re (1736-40) -- Ninth and eleventh commandant: Jean-Baptiste Benoist de St. Clair (1740-42, 1749-51) -- Tenth commandant: Jean-Gaspard de Bertet de la Clue (1742-49) -- Twelfth commandant: Jean-Jacques de Macarty Mactique (1751-60) -- Thirteenth commandant: Pierre-Joseph Neyon de Villiers (1760-63) -- Fourteenth and last French commandant: Louis Groston de St. Ange de Bellerive (1764-65) -- Part III. People of Fort de Chartres -- Marie Rouensa: the mother of French Illinois -- ©œtienne de V©♭niard de Bourgmont and Ignon Ouaconisen (Fran©ʹoise Missouri): an Indian in Paris -- Terrisse de Ternan: a restless and worrisome personality -- Claude Chetivau: the man who wanted to go to Canada -- (Fran©ʹois- ) Pierre Boucher de Boucherville: escape to Fort de Chartres -- Alphonse de la Buissonni©·re and Marie Th©♭r©·se Trudeau: marriage woes -- Jacques-Sernan Voisin: a hero of the Chickasaw wars? -- Jean Ducoutray: the chicken thief of Kaskaskia -- Jean-Bernard Bossu: officer and travel writer -- Philippe-Fran©ʹois de Rastel de Rocheblave: a man of many flags.

Series:

Shawnee books

ISBN:

0809334607
9780809334605

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907161623

LCCN:

2015027260

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)