Table of Contents

Volume 1

	List of Figures	x
	List of Documents First Translated and Published by the Author in This Work	xiv
	Foreword	xvii
	Introduction	1
	Part I	–
1	Prelude	11
	Part II	–
	St. Ignace and Ft. de Buade, 1670 to 1714	–
2	St. Ignace, 1670-1682	26
3	St. Ignace and Ft. de Buade During the Command of La Durantaye, 1683-1690	65
4	St. Ignace and Ft. de Buade, 1690-1698	116
5	The Period of Closed Posts, 1698-1714	158
	Part III	–
	Ft. Michilimackinac, 1715 to 1761	–
6	Ft. Michilimackinac, Re-establishment of Interior Commerce, and the Fox Wars, 1715-1734	191
7	Expansion of Commerce, and the Chickasaw Wars, 1735-1743	255
8	King George’s War, Culminating in a Native Rebellion, 1744-1748	290

9	The Inter-War Years, Including the Establishment of the Sault Ste. Marie Post, 1749-1752	333
10	The Seven Years’ War, and the End of the French Regime, 1753-1761	361
	Part IV	–
	Ft. Michilimackinac Under British Rule, 1761 to 1781	–
11	The Initial Years, Culminating in the Pontiac Uprising, 1761-1764	404
12	Major Construction Work at Ft. Michilimackinac and the Adjacent Village, and Expansion of Commerce, 1765-1769	434
13	Continued Expansion of Commerce During the Pre-Revolution Years, 1770-1775	493
14	The Years of the American Revolution, 1776-1781	535
	Part V	–
15	Postlude, The Years from 1782 On	587
	Part VI	–
16	Slavery During the Fur Trade Era, A Supplemental Report	592
	Appendix	–
	Archaeological Sites in the Mackinac Straits Region	607
	References Cited	611
	Index	638
	The Author	660