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.

Author/creator Dumont de Montigny
Other author Sayre, Gordon M. (Gordon Mitchell), 1964-
Other author Zecher, Carla, 1959-
Other author Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; Williamsburg, Va. : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2012.
Descriptionxii, 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects
French--North America. --History.
France--Colonies. --America. --History.
North America--History. --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Uniform titleRegards sur le monde atlantique, 1715-1747. English
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012016643
ISBN9780807837221 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807837229 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40021557666