La Harpe's post : a tale of French-Wichita contact on the eastern plains / George H. Odell ; with appendixes by Marie E. Brown ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Odell, George H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tawakoni Indians--First contact with other peoples.

Tawakoni Indians.

Wichita Indians--First contact with other peoples.

Wichita Indians.

Acculturation--Oklahoma--History--18th century.

Acculturation.

Frontier and pioneer life--Oklahoma.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Oklahoma--Discovery and exploration--French.

Oklahoma.

Oklahoma--Ethnic relations.

Oklahoma--Antiquities.

Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste, 1683-1765--Travel--Oklahoma.

Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste.

Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste, 1683-1765--Relations with Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This major contribution to contact period studies points to the Lasley Vore site in modern Oklahoma as the most likely first meeting place of Plains Indians and Europeans more than 300 years ago. In 1718, Jean-Baptiste Benard, Sieur de la Harpe, departed St. Malo in Brittany for the New World. La Harpe, a member of the French bourgeoisie, arrived at Dauphin Island on the Gulf coast to take up the entrepreneurial concession provided by the director of the French colony, Jean Baptiste Lemoyne de Bienville. La Harpe's charge was to open a trading post on the Red River just above a Caddoan village

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Land That K new No European; 2. Who Were These Indians?; 3. The New World as Political Pawn; 4. Industry Presents an Opportunity; 5. A Testimony to Storage and Cooking; 6. Teasing Meaning from Bits and Pieces; 7. What Were Those People Doing There?; 8. Hypothesizing the Eighteenth Century; APPENDIXES; Notes; References Cited; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-359) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8215-1

OCLC:

320324529