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Dawn's Light Woman & Nicolas Franchomme : marriage and law in the Illinois Country
- Title
- Dawn's Light Woman & Nicolas Franchomme : marriage and law in the Illinois Country / Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person.
- Author
- Ekberg, Carl J.
- Publication
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2022]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Person, Sharon K., 1956-
- Description
- xi, 243 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the heart of France's North American empire, the village of Kaskaskia was a community of French-Canadian fur traders and Kaskaskia Indians who not only lived together but often intermarried. These Indigenous and French intermarriages were central to colonial Illinois society, and the coupling of Marguerite 8assecam8c8e (Dawn's Light Woman) and Nicolas Franchomme, in particular, was critical to expanding the jurisdiction of French law"--
- Alternative Title
- Dawn's Light Woman and Nicolas Franchomme
- Marriage and law in the Illinois Country
- Subject
- 8assecam8c8e, Marguerite > Marriage
- Franchomme, Nicolas, 1703-1728 > Marriage
- 1700-1799
- Kaskaskia Indians > Illinois > History > 18th century
- French > Illinois > History > 18th century
- Marriage > New France > History > 18th century
- Intermarriage > New France > History
- Kaskaskia Indians > Legal status, laws, etc. > New France
- Frontier and pioneer life > Illinois > Kaskaskia
- French
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Intermarriage
- Kaskaskia Indians
- Marriage
- Living arrangements
- Legal status
- Kaskaskia (Ill.) > History > 18th century
- Illinois
- Illinois > Kaskaskia
- North America > New France
- Middle West
- France
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Biographies.
- Informational works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-233) and index.
- Contents
- The Illinois Country -- Native American Wives and French Husbands -- Jacques Bourdon in Life and in Death -- Marguerite 8assecam8c8e is Attacked -- Franchomme Prevails -- Textures of Life -- The Marriage Contract : Center of Life -- The Fox Scourge -- Aubains and Régnicoles : Blood and Culture -- Marguerite 8assecam8c8e's Last Dance -- Conclusion : The Critical Decade -- Illinois Country Generations : The 1726 Census.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-30
- ISBN
- 9780809338863
- 0809338866
- LCCN
- 2022008978
- OCLC
- 1303569381
- Author
- Ekberg, Carl J., author.
- Title
- Dawn's Light Woman & Nicolas Franchomme : marriage and law in the Illinois Country / Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person.
- Publisher
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2022]
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-233) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Added Author
- Person, Sharon K., 1956- author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Ekberg, Carl J., 1938- Dawn's Light Woman & Nicolas Franchomme First edition. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2022] 9780809338870 (DLC) 2022008979
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-30