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| Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, View of the Mississippi and an Indian with bow (detail) |
| Bossu, Nouveaux voyages aux Indes occidentales…,
Paris, 1768, frontispiece of the first part BNF, Imprimés |
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| Gabriel de Saint-Aubin,Warrior from the Colapissas tribe speaking to the head of his father, who offered to take his son's place before the Choctaw executioner, in expiation of a crime (detail) |
| Bossu, Nouveaux voyages aux Indes occidentales...,
Paris, 1768, 1st part, p. 197 BNF, Imprimés |
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| Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Indian messenger from the Natchitoches region (detail) |
| Bossu, Nouveaux voyages aux Indes occidentales...,
Paris, 1768, frontispiece of the second part BNF, Imprimés |
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| Baron de La Hontan, Encampment of M. de la Barre during Cavelier de La Salle's expedition in Illinois (detail) |
| Nouveaux voyages de M. le baron de La Hontan dans l'Amérique septentrionale, tome 1er, page 47, BNF Imprimés |
| Louis-Armand de La Hontan, originally from Béarn, sailed to New France and from 1684 to 1689 explored the region of the Great Lakes and Illinois up to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Upon his return to Europe in 1693, he published a number of notable books about his experiences in North America. |
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| Baron de La Hontan, Memoires of North America, or the further voyages of Monsieur de La Hontan, (detail), |
| tome 2 page 148, BNF Imprimés |
| Louis-Armand de La Hontan, originally from Béarn, sailed to New France and from 1684 to 1689 explored the region of the Great Lakes and Illinois up to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Upon his return to Europe in 1693, he published a number of notable books about his experiences in North America. |
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| Baron de La Hontan, Memoires of North America, or the further voyages of Monsieur de La Hontan, |
| tome 2 page 125, BNF Imprimés |
| Louis-Armand de La Hontan, originally from Béarn, sailed to New France and from 1684 to 1689 explored the region of the Great Lakes and Illinois up to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Upon his return to Europe in 1693, he published a number of notable books about his experiences in North America. |
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| Baron de La Hontan, Memoires of North America, or the further voyages of Monsieur de La Hontan, (detail), |
| tome 2 page p171, BNF Imprimés |
| Louis-Armand de La Hontan, originally from Béarn, sailed to New France and from 1684 to 1689 explored the region of the Great Lakes and Illinois up to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Upon his return to Europe in 1693, he published a number of notable books about his experiences in North America. |
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| Method for burning slaves alive using small fires (above) |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers
touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…,
ca. 1742 BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 162 Photo G.-A. Langlois |
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| Indian bride with fan (left), and young Indian woman with a paddle (right) |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers
touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…,
ca. 1742 BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 160 (bas) Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Camouflage clothing for hunting |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers
touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…,
ca. 1742 BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 150 (en haut) Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Indian with "old weapons" (bow and hound) and Indian with "French weapon" (rifle) |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers
touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…,
ca. 1742 BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 160 (haut) Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Ceremonial pipe, club, drum and maraca, called in Louisiana "chichicoüa" or "chicoua" |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers
touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…,
ca. 1742 BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 146 Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Cattle hunting on foot |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 3,
p. 210 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Deer hunt |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2,
p. 71 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Dance |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2,
p. 376 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Transport of Great Sun, chief of the Natchez Indians |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2,
p. 367 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Indian woman and daughter |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2,
p. 310 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Peace Pipe Procession (detail) |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 1,
p. 105 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Death and burial of Tatooed Serpent by the Natchez Indians |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 3,
p. 55 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Natives in summer |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2,
p. 309 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Naturels en Hiver |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t.2,
p. 111 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Plan of Fort, Prisoner in inset (detail) |
| Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2,
p. 429 BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Charles-Alexandre Leseur, Indian sitting on a stump, Mississippi |
| MHN du Havre, collection Lesueur, 44123-1 © muséum du Havre |
| Originally from Le Havre, Charles Alexandre Lesueur was hired in 1815 to be a draftsman-naturalist in the United States. For twenty-two years he traveled through Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Illinois, navigated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and lived in New Harmony, Indiana and New Orleans. He brought back from these travels a unique collection of thousands of drawings and sketches. |
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