The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747 : A Sojourner in the French Atlantic.

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.

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