ContentsMaps000Illustrations000Foreword000Preface000Acknowledgments000Introduction000Short Title List of Documents000Document 1May 16, 1671: Copy of St. Lusson¿s Act of possession of the Northern Territory000Document 2July 8, 1683: Petition by Charles de Couagne against Marie Félix000Document 3 July 31, 1683: Subpoena delivered to Louis Oacuse000Document 4July 16, 1683: Interrogation of Louis Ouakouts000Document 5July 16 and 27, 1683: Testimony of Simone Côté and others000Document 6No date, 1683: Statement of trade goods belonging to Marie du Bocq000Document 7July 16, 1683: Petition by Charles de Couagne to seize Louis Ouakont¿s canoe000Document 8July 16, 1683: Petition of Charles de Couagne000Document 9Oct. 4, 1683: Petition by Claude Tardy 000Document 10Oct. 4¿7, 1683: Judicial investigation of Loisel and Villedieu000Document 11Oct. 5, 1683: Petition by Claude Tardy 000Document 12 Oct. 7, 1683: Loizel & Villedieu¿s petition000Document 13Oct. 11, 1683: Petition by Anthoine Villedieu 000Document 14Oct. 13, 1683: Judgment rendered by Migeon DeBransat000Document 15Oct. 13, 1683: Statement of court expenses000Document 16No date, 1684: Statement of expenditures made by sieur de la Durantaye000Document 17Dec. 31, 1684: Service contract of Claude Guichard, Carpenter, and La Durantaye000Document 18May 19, 1684: Death and inventory of Jean Gay (or Laurent) dit Cascaret000Document 19May 20, 1684: Court record of the death of Mathurin Normandin dit Beausoleil000Document 20Jan. 11, 1685: Partnership agreement between Laurent Baudet and sieur de la Durantaye000Document 21May 15, 1685: Partnership agreement between Jean Morneau & Jean Lariou & sieur de la Durantaye 000Document 22No date, 1686: Summary of Denonville¿s letters000Document 23Sept. 24, 1686: René Fezeret¿s complaint against Etienne de Sainte [Xainte]000Document 24Sept. 25, 1686: Etienne de Sainte¿s statement denying Fezeret¿s complaint000Document 25Sept. 26, 1686: Testimony of Fezeret¿s witnesses000Document 26Sept. 26¿27, 1686: Judicial inquiry regarding the petition of Estienne de Sainte against Fezeret 000Document 27Sept. 30, 1686: Verdict in favor of Fezeret against de Sainte000Document 28Mar. 3, 1687: Judgment to the benefit of sieur Patron against sieur Dulhut [Duluth]000Document 29 Mar. 8, 1688: King to Denonville and Champigny000Document 30Jan. 20, 1688: Marie Morin¿s sworn statement against Alphonse de Tonty000Document 31June 7, 1689: Instructions to Governor Frontenac000Document 32May 14, 1690: Agreement between Nicolas Perrot and Pierre Le Sueur000Document 33Sept. 1, 1690: Protest by Françoise Duquet against the Bishop of Quebec000Document 34Sept. 16, 1692: Summary investigation of the beaver trade000Document 35Aug. 31, 1693: Service contract between sieurs Louis Duquet Duverdier, etc., and sieur de la Durantaye000Document 36Sept. 9, 1694: Agreement between Monsieur de la Mothe de Cadillac and Moreau000Document 37Aug. 3, 1695: Cadillac to the Minister000Document 38Apr. 23, 1696: Agreement regarding the purchase, via credit, of trade goods by Marie Guyon000Document 39Sept. 2, 1696: Service contract of Jean Lalonde with Cadillac000Document 40Sept. 24, 1696: House-rental lease from sieur Petit to Mme Cadillac000Document 41September 1697: Champigny to the Minister re: Alphonse de Tonty¿s illegal trade at Michilimackinac000Document 42September 1697: Callière¿s orders to Le Verrier to stop the French from going to the Ottawa country, and Champigny¿s remarks000Document 43Oct. 27, 1697: Champigny to the Minister re: Alphonse de Tonty¿s illegal Michilimackinac trade000Document 44Sept. 4, 1697: Alphonse de Tonty¿s power of attorney to St. Germain000Document 45May 21, 1698: Minister to Callière000Document 46May 5, 1700: Royal memoir to Callière and Champigny000Document 47May 27, 1700: Minutes of the Enquiry of Fezeret v. Boudor000Document 48June 5, 1700: Fezeret v. Boudor: witnesses¿ testimony000Document 49Oct. 3, 1701: Reversal by the Sovereign Council of the 1699 judgment in Fezeret v. Boudor 000Document 50May 30, 1703: Minister to Callière re: La Durantaye; la dame de La Forest000Document 51Dec. 31, 1705: Declaration by Marie Lesueur000Document 52July 10, 1715: Ponchartrain to Ramezay and Bégon regarding soldiers at Michilimackinac000Document 53Nov. 20, 1715: Ramezay¿s orders regarding voyageur Verger dit Desjardins000Document 54Nov. 7, 1716: Louvigny¿s statement re: engagés¿ pay dispute over serving against the Foxes000Document 55Sept. 6, etc., 1716¿1717: Petition of Pierre Crevier Duvernay for Pay000Document 56Jan. 13, 1716: King¿s attorney¿s complaint against various voyageurs000Document 57Jan. 13, 1716: Record of interrogations of Leboeuf, etc.000Document 58Jan. 14, 1716: Sentence ordering the four guilty voyageurs to return to Michilimackinac000Document 59Jan. 14, 1716: Appearance of François Poisset as bond for Jean Vergé000Document 60Mar. 27, 1734: Statement by Daragon on the topic of Lafranchise who was robbed and buried alive about 42 years ago000Document 61Mar. 29, 1734: Statement by Widow Dailleboust De Musseaux on the topic of the soldier who was robbed and buried alive about 43 years ago000Document 62Mar. 30, 1734: Statement by Pierre Martin on the same topic000Notes000Appendix 1. Untranslated French Terms000Appendix 2. Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Legal Terms000Appendix 3. List of Missionaries Assigned to Michilimackinac000Appendix 4. List of Commanders Assigned to Michilimackinac000Bibliography000Index000<ctMaps