THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
ARCHIVES: THE MIAMI COLLECTION
It is noted that the following work from the Miami Archives should be read and
considered within the historical context in which it was composed and printed.
The opinions expressed and the language used do not reflect the opinions or
standards of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, but are, rather,
indicative of thought in that historical moment during which the document was
published.
Letter from Montcalm
(May 15, 1758)
Montcalm in: Levis Mss., V,
p. 247
and in "1758: Disturbance at La
Baye," Wisconsin Historical
Collections, vol. 18,
pp. 203-204.
. . .
________
[Letter from Montcalm, dated Montreal, May 15, 1758. Translated from the Lvis MSS., v, p. 247.]
Letters come from the Illinois, la baie,
Saint-Joseph, Louisiana and none from Belle Rivire. That which is to be (page 204) deplored is that the
Iowa55 have struck us at la Baie, and slain twenty-two Frenchmen,
and the Commandant has shown himself inept through fear. Also towards the
Illinois several savages have killed Frenchmen and made an officer prisoner.
______________
55 Mistake of Avoines (from Folles Avoines) for Ayoues (Iowa). It was a Menominee uprising.- ED.
Return
to TOC, p. 13
Continue
to next part of Miami Collection
[return to Miami
Collection Menu]
[return to Glenn A. Black Laboratory
of Archaeology List of Publications]
[return to Glenn A. Black
Laboratory of Archaeology Home]
Last updated: 08
December 2000
URL: http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/home.html
Comments: webmaster@www.gbl.indiana.edu
Copyright 1996, Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology and The Trustees of Indiana University