Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
List of Illustrations ix
Abbreviations and Short Titles xi
Introduction 1
Chronology of the Life of Dumont and Events in His Memoir 46
The Dumont Family 51
Editorial Methods and Description of the Dumont de Montigny Manuscript Memoir 51
Translator's Note 64
The Memoir
Dedicatory Epistle 71
Chapter 1 Voyage to Quebec; Return to La Rochelle: 1714-1719 73
Chapter 2 Voyage to Louisiana; Return to Lorient: May 1719-March 1721 97
Chapter 3 Second Voyage to Louisiana; Settlement of the Colony: March 1721-Sept. 1722 137
Chapter 4 Quarrels in New Orleans; Battles at Natchez: Oct. 1722-Aug. 1724 171
Chapter 5 Pascagoula; Natchez: Aug. 1724-Sept. 1729 196
Chapter 6 The Natchez Revolt: Autumn 1728-Summer 1735 227
Chapter 7 Life in New Orleans; The First Chickasaw War: Sept. 1732-June 1737 256
Chapter 8 Return to France; The Second Chickasaw War: June 1737-Sept. 1746 278
Chapter 9 The English Attack Brittany: Sept.-Oct. 1746 301
Chapter 10 Financial Difficulties; Imprisonment: 1746-1747 318
Chapter 11 Ethnography 333
Chapter 12 Natural History and the Story of Juchereau de Saint Denis 372
Appendix 1 Title 405
Appendix 2 Preface 406
Appendix 3 List of the Names of Nations Known to the Author That Are Found in the Island of North America 408
Appendix 4 Table 409
A Biographical Dictionary of the Persons Named in Dumont's Manuscript Memoir 413
Index 443
