Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Frenchification in the Illinois Country
6. Introduction 23
7. Chapter 1. “Their Manner of Living” 33
8. Chapter 2. “Nothing of the Sauvage” 77
9. Chapter 3 “One People and One God” 112
10. Part II. Frenchified Indians and Wild Frenchmen in New Orleans
11. Introduction 161
12. Chapter 4. “The First Creole from This Colony That We Have Received”: Sister Ste. Marthe and the Limits of Frenchification 165
13. Chapter 5. “To Ensure That He Not Give Himself Over to the Sauvages”: Cleanliness, Grease, and Skin Color 192
14. Chapter 6. “We Are All Sauvages”: Frenchmen into Indians? 224
15. Epilogue: “True French” 245
16. Abbreviations 249
17. Notes 251
18. Bibliography 297
19. INDEX 335
20. Acknowledgments 343