Empire by Collaboration. Robert Michael Morrissey

      

       Empire by Collaboration

      EARLY AMERICAN STUDIES

      Series editors:

      Daniel K. Richter, Kathleen M. Brown,

      Max Cavitch, and David Waldstreicher

      Exploring neglected aspects of our colonial, revolutionary, and early national history and culture, Early American Studies reinterprets familiar themes and events in fresh ways. Interdisciplinary in character, and with a special emphasis on the period from about 1600 to 1850, the series is published in partnership with the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

       Empire by Collaboration

       Indians, Colonists, and Governments in Colonial Illinois Country

      Robert Michael Morrissey

      UNIVERSIY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Morrissey, Robert Michael.

      Empire by collaboration : Indians, colonists, and governments in colonial Illinois country / Robert Michael Morrissey. — 1st ed.

      p. cm. — (Early American studies)

      ISBN 978-0-8122-4699-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)

      1. Illinois—Colonization—History. 2. France—Colonies—Administration. 3. Great Britain—Colonies—Administration. 4. Illinois—Civilization—History—17th century. 5. Illinois—Civilization—History—18th century. 6. Indians of North America—Illinois—History—17th century. 7. Indians of North America—Illinois—History—18th century. 8. Jesuits—Missions—Illinois. I. Title. II. Series: Early American studies.

      F544.M875 2015

      977.3′01—dc23

      2014032473

       For my parents, Mike and Flavia

       Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Introduction. An Earnest Invitation

       Chapter 1. Opportunists in the Borderlands

       Chapter 2. The Imaginary Kingdom

       Chapter 3. Collaboration and Community

       Chapter 4. A Dangerous Settlement

       Chapter 5. Collaborators: Indians and Empire

       Chapter 6. Creolization and Collaboration

       Chapter 7. Strains on Collaboration in French Illinois

       Chapter 8. Demanding Collaboration in British Illinois

       Conclusion. The End of Collaboration

       List of Abbreviations

       Notes

       Index

       Acknowledgments

       Illustrations

      Figures

       1. Invitation sérieuse aux habitants des Illinois

       2. Capitaine de La Nation des Illinois

       3. “Chasse Génèrale au Boeuf, mais à pied”

       4. Bison arrow-shaft wrench

       5. Illinois hide robe with thunderbird

       6. Winnebago pictogram on 1701 Great Peace treaty, Montreal

       7. Marquette map of 1673

       8. Marquette map of 1673, detail

       9. Franquelin’s map of 1684, with Grand Village of the Kaskaskia

       10. Illinois-to-French dictionary by Jacques Gravier, 1690s

       11. Godparent network in Kaskaskia, 1694–1718

       12. Signatures of Illinois-speaking villages on 1701 Great Treaty

       13. Map of two Kaskaskias, by Diron D’Artaguiette, 1732

       14. Illinois Indians, 1735

       15. Jacques Bourdon’s commercial connections, 1720–25

       16. Godparent and marriage network in Kaskaskia, 1700–1735

       17. “French habitation in the country of the Illinois”

       18. “Indian of the nation of the Kaskaskia”

       19. Fort de Chartres

       20. Map of “British” Illinois by Thomas Hutchins, circa 1770

       21. “Recueil de Piéces,” anthology of French petitions

       22. Wah-pe-seh-see

       23. Kee-món-saw

      Map