Book Description

Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Illustrations -- Manuscripts Translated for This Book -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter One: First Commands, 1729-1737 -- Chagouamigon (La Pointe), 1729-l 732 -- The Miami Post, 1733-1734 -- Fort Beauharnois (The Sioux Post), 1734-1737 -- Notes -- Chapter Two: Marriage and New Assignments, 1738-1745 -- Marriage at Quebec, 1738 -- The Second Chickasaw War, 1739-1740 -- The Miami Post, 1741-1744 -- Notes -- Chapter Three: King George's War, 1745-1747 -- The Saratoga Campaign, 1745 -- The Relief of Fort St. Frédéric, 1745-1746 -- The Defeat of the Mohawk Raiding Party, 1747 -- The Huron Conspiracy, 1747 -- Notes -- Chapter Four: Michilimackinac, 1747-l 749 -- The Relief and Command of Michilimackinac, 1747 -- Michilimackinac, 1747-l 749 -- Petition for the Cross of St. Louis, 1749 -- Lotbiniére's Mission to Michilimackinac, 1749 -- Notes -- Chapter Five: Beyond Michilimackinac: The Western Sea (Part I), 1750-1751 -- The Mythical Western Sea -- Saint-Pierre's Controversial Appointment, 1750 -- Preparations for the Western Sea Expedition, 1750 -- La Jonquiére's Orders, 1750 -- Famine, Knighthood, Supplies, and Brandy, 1751 -- Notes -- Chapter Six: The Western Sea (Part II), 1752-1753 -- Meret's Letter, 1752 -- Saint-Pierre's Journal, 1750-l 753 -- Notes -- Chapter Seven: The Beginning of the French and Indian War, 1753-1755 -- The Ohio Valley Command, 1753-1754 -- Death at the Battle of Lake George, 1755 -- The Governor's Eulogy, 1755 -- Notes -- Chapter Eight: Epilogue -- The Worldly Possessions of Saint-Pierre, 1755 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Saint-Pierre's Transactions in Charles Nolan Lamarque's Account Books, 1735-1736 -- Notes -- Appendix 2: Saint-Pierre's Expense Vouchers at Michilimackinac 1747-1749 -- Notes -- Appendix 3: Inventory of the Possessions Left by Saint-Pierre.