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The memoir of lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747 : a sojourner in the French Atlantic /

This memoire demonstrates the complexity of the expanding French Atlantic world, offering a singular perspective on early colonialism in Louisiana. This life story also provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of the peoples and environment of the lower Mississippi valley.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dumont de Montigny.
Corporate Author: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Contributors: Sayre, Gordon M. 1964-, Zecher, Carla, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Chapel Hill : Williamsburg, Va. : University of North Carolina Press ; Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2012.
Subjects and Genres:
1600-1775
French > North America > History.
French.
French colonies.
France > Colonies > America > History.
North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
America.
North America.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Voyage to Quebec ; return to La Rochelle : 1714-1719
  • Voyage to Louisiana ; return to Lorient : May 1719-March 1721
  • Second voyage to Louisiana ; settlement of the colony : March 1721-Sept. 1722
  • Quarrels in New Orleans ; battles at Natchez : Oct. 1722-Aug. 1724
  • Pascagoula ; Natchez : Aug. 1724-Sept. 1729
  • The Natchez Revolt : Autumn 1728-Summer 1735
  • Life in New Orleans ; the First Chickasaw War : Sept. 1732-June 1737
  • Return to France ; The Second Chickasaw War : June 1737-Sept. 1746
  • The English attack Brittany : Sept.-Oct. 1746
  • Financial difficulties ; imprisonment : 1746-1747
  • Ethnography
  • Natural history and the story of Juchereau de Saint Denis.

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