Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. La Vérendrye and the Roots of the Métis People xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 3
7. The Battle for the Hudson Bay Watershed, 1663–1714 29
8. Transatlantic Networks, Backcountry Specialists, and French Imperial Projects in Post-Utrecht North America, 1715–1729 69
9. Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye and the Western Posts, 1731–1743 101
10. Canadiens at the Western Posts, 1731–1743 133
11. Métissage and Kinship 155
12. From Métissage to Métis 193
13. A Métis Homeland 225
14. The Hudson's Bay Company and the Anglo-Métis 233
15. Notes 237
16. Bibliography 301
17. Index 341