MacDonald, David,  1943- <br/><br/>
Lives of Fort de Chartres  commandants, soldiers, and civilians in French Illinois, 1720-1770 /  [electronic resource] : 
David MacDonald. 
 - Carbondale :  Southern Illinois University Press,  2016. 
 - 1 online resource (pages cm.) 
 - Shawnee books .
 - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. French Illinois -- The land -- The native peoples -- The settlers -- The slaves -- The French settlements -- The administration: military and civilian -- The four Forts de Chartres -- The convoys -- The end of French Illinois -- Part II. Commandants of Fort de Chartres -- First commandment: Pierre-Sidrac Dugue de Boisbriand (1718-24) -- Second and fifth commandant: Claude-Charles Dutisne (1724-25, 1729-30) -- Third commandant: Jean-Charles de Pradel (interim 1725) -- Fourth commandant: Pierre-Charles Desliette (1725-29) -- Sixth commandant: Robert Groston de St. Ange (1730-33) -- Seventh commandant: Pierre d'Artaguiette d'Itouralde (1733-36) -- Eighth commandant: Alphonse de la Buissonniere (1736-40) -- Ninth and eleventh commandant: Jean-Baptiste Benoist de St. Clair (1740-42, 1749-51) -- Tenth commandant: Jean-Gaspard de Bertet de la Clue (1742-49) -- Twelfth commandant: Jean-Jacques de Macarty Mactique (1751-60) -- Thirteenth commandant: Pierre-Joseph Neyon de Villiers (1760-63) -- Fourteenth and last French commandant: Louis Groston de St. Ange de Bellerive (1764-65) -- Part III. People of Fort de Chartres -- Marie Rouensa: the mother of French Illinois -- Étienne de Veniard de Bourgmont and Ignon Ouaconisen (Françoise Missouri): an Indian in Paris -- Terrisse de Ternan: a restless and worrisome personality -- Claude Chetivau: the man who wanted to go to Canada -- (François-) Pierre Boucher de Boucherville: escape to Fort de Chartres -- Alphonse de la Buissonniere and Marie Therese Trudeau: marriage woes -- Jacques-Sernan Voisin: a hero of the Chickasaw wars? -- Jean Ducoutray: the chicken thief of Kaskaskia -- Jean-Bernard Bossu: officer and travel writer -- Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave: a man of many flags. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780809334612 0809334615 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois.<br/>French--Illinois--Biography.<br/>French--History--Illinois--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Illinois--History--To 1778.<br/>Fort de Chartres Site (Ill.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F544  / .M33 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>977.3/01