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Title Mémoire de Lxx Dxx officier ingénieur, contenant les evenements qui se sont passés à la Louisiane depuis 1715 jusqu'à present ainsi que ses...

Creator Dumont de Montigny

Date 1747

Place Mississippi River Valley

Language French

Subjects Bookbinding, Bookplates, Indians of North America, Manuscripts, French

Description Journal of Dumont dit Montigny, French military officer and historian, written in France in 1747, which narrates events of his life between 1715 and 1747, including his experiences in Louisiana from 1719 to 1737. He fought in the attack on Pensacola, helped build forts in New Biloxi and Yazoo, explored the Arkansas River, and described in great detail the city of Natchez before the massacre of 1729. He includes accounts of expeditions against the Natchez, and the Chickasaws (1736), as well as his reasons for the misfortunes of the Company of the Indies and the retrocession of the colony to the King. Although he returned to France in 1737, he includes a second expedition against the Chickasaws, related to him by Jesuits travelling through Port Louis. The second section of the memoir describes Louisiana, settlements, and Indian practices and customs.

Summary Journal of Dumont dit Montigny, French military officer and historian, written in France in 1747, which narrates events of his life between 1715 and 1747, including his experiences in Louisiana from 1719 to 1737. He fought in the attack on Pensacola, helped build forts in New Biloxi and Yazoo, explored the Arkansas River, and described in great detail the city of Natchez before the massacre of 1729. He includes accounts of expeditions against the Natchez, and the Chickasaws (1736), as well as his reasons for the misfortunes of the Company of the Indies and the retrocession of the colony to the King. Although he returned to France in 1737, he includes a second expedition against the Chickasaws, related to him by Jesuits travelling through Port Louis. The second section of the memoir describes Louisiana, settlements, and Indian practices and customs.

Extent [227] leaves, bound : ill., coat of arms, maps, plates ; 27 cm

Format Diaries, Travel literature

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 257

BibID 170199

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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