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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806839003321
• Autore: Milfort Louis <1752-1820.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Narrative Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): McDermottJohn Francis <1902-1981.>
• Soggetti: Creek Indians; Indians of North America - Southern States; United States Description and travel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: Chicago : The Lakeside Press, 1956.; Translation of Milfort's Memoire.; Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. [231]-237.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.