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Memoir : or, A cursory glance at my different travels & my sojourn in the Creek Nation / by Louis LeClerc de Milford ; translated by Geraldine de Courcy ; edited by John Francis McDermott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milfort, Louis, 1752-1820.
- Series:
- Lakeside classics ; 54.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creek Indians.
- Indians of North America--Southern States.
- Indians of North America.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States.
- Milfort, Louis, 1752-1820.
- Milfort, Louis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Other Title:
- Cursory glance at my different travels & my sojourn in the Creek nation
- Milford's memoir
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Narrative Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- DEPARTURE FROM FRANCE AND ARRIVAL AMONG THE CREEKS
- DEPARTURE FROM FRANCE
- ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES
- DEPARTURE FROM THE UNITED STATES
- ARRIVAL AMONG THE CREEKS
- DEPARTURE FROM COWETA
- I SETTLE IN THE CREEK NATION
- I SERVE AS SOLDIER
- I AM APPOINTED LITTLE WAR CHIEF
- I AM APPOINTED GRAND WAR CHIEF OR TASTANEGY
- MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE NATION
- ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPANISH GOVERNORS
- ADMINISTRATION OF BARON DE CARONDELET
- DESCRIPTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI
- CONTINUATION OF MY JOURNEY AMONG THE TRIBES OF THE CREEK NATION
- ARRIVAL AMONG THE ATAKAPAS
- ARRIVAL AMONG THE NATCHITOCHES AND THE ARKANSAS
- ARRIVAL AT RED RIVER
- ARRIVAL AT THE CAVES
- DEPARTURE FROM THE CAVES AND RETURN TO THE NATION
- REGARDING THE PERSON OF GENERAL BOWLES
- MCGILLIVRAY IS APPOINTED AGENT OF THE KING OF SPAIN
- DOUBLE- DEALING OF THE GEORGIANS
- CONFEDERACY OF THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
- DEPARTURE OF MCGILLIVRAY FOR NEW YORK. HE IS APPOINTED GENERAL IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
- PERFIDY OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS
- FOUNDING OF THE YAZOO, OR SCIOTO, COMPANY
- MY VARIOUS JOURNEYS IN THE NATION
- I TENDER MY RESIGNATION AS COMMISSIONER OF THE KING OF SPAIN IN ORDER TO GO TO FRANCE
- MY ARRIVAL AT PHILADELPHIA AND MY DEPARTURE FOR FRANCE
- MY ARRIVAL IN FRANCE
- DESCRIPTION OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE CREEK NATION AND THE TRIBES THAT COMPOSE IT
- ARRIVAL AT NEW LONDON
- NOTE REGARDING THE AMERICAN, ARNOLD, AND THE DEATH OF MAJOR ANDRÉ
- I TRAVEL THROUGH THE DIFFERENT COLONIES OF THE UNITED STATES
- THE REASON FOR THE RAPID POPULAT-ING OF GEORGIA
- NOTE ON THE AMERICANS CALLED CRACKERS OR GOUGERS
- DISHONESTY OF THE AMERICANS
- MY ARRIVAL IN THE CREEK NATION
- I AM ADMITTED TO THE GRAND ASSEM-BLY
- DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE GRAND ASSEMBLY
- CHARACTER AND CUSTOMS OF THE CREEKS
- THE CREEKS ABANDON THE CUSTOM OF BURNING THEIR CAPTIVES ALIVE
- MY INAUGURATION AS GRANDWAR CHIEF
- HISTORY OF THE MUSKOGEES, NOW CALLED CREEKS
- WAR MEDICINE
- THE CHICKASAWS ABANDON THE CUS-TOM OF BURYING ALIVE THE WIFE OF A WARRIOR WHEN HE DIES
- DISGUSTING USAGES AND CUSTOMS OF THE CHOCTAWS
- BURIAL CUSTOMS OF THE CHOCTAWS
- THE WAY THE CHOCTAWS DIVORCE A WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY
- A SAVAGE'S REMORSE
- QUICK-WITTEDNESS OF A CREEK AND THE DISHONESTY OF THE AMERICANS
- THE CEREMONY THAT TAKES PLACE ON RETURN FROM A HOSTILE EXPEDITION
- HOW MCGILLIVRAY CAME TO BE APPOINTED BELOVED MAN
- HOW I CAME TO MARRY MCGILLIVRAY'S SISTER
- NOTE ON PROPER NAMES
- SOURCES CONSULTED.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Chicago : The Lakeside Press, 1956.
- Translation of Milfort's Memoire.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [231]-237.
- OCLC:
- 70765198
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