Empire by Collaboration. Robert Michael Morrissey

Empire by Collaboration

Empire by Collaboration

EARLY AMERICAN STUDIES

Series editors:

Daniel K. Richter, Kathleen M. Brown,

Max Cavitch, and David Waldstreicher

Exploring neglected aspects of our colonial, revolutionary, and early national history and culture, Early American Studies reinterprets familiar themes and events in fresh ways. Interdisciplinary in character, and with a special emphasis on the period from about 1600 to 1850, the series is published in partnership with the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

Empire by Collaboration

Indians, Colonists, and Governments in Colonial Illinois Country

Robert Michael Morrissey

UNIVERSIY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

PHILADELPHIA

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Published by

University of Pennsylvania Press

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

www.upenn.edu/pennpress

Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Morrissey, Robert Michael.

Empire by collaboration : Indians, colonists, and governments in colonial Illinois country / Robert Michael Morrissey. — 1st ed.

p. cm. — (Early American studies)

ISBN 978-0-8122-4699-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Illinois—Colonization—History. 2. France—Colonies—Administration. 3. Great Britain—Colonies—Administration. 4. Illinois—Civilization—History—17th century. 5. Illinois—Civilization—History—18th century. 6. Indians of North America—Illinois—History—17th century. 7. Indians of North America—Illinois—History—18th century. 8. Jesuits—Missions—Illinois. I. Title. II. Series: Early American studies.

F544.M875 2015

977.3′01—dc23

2014032473

For my parents, Mike and Flavia

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction. An Earnest Invitation

Chapter 1. Opportunists in the Borderlands

Chapter 2. The Imaginary Kingdom

Chapter 3. Collaboration and Community

Chapter 4. A Dangerous Settlement

Chapter 5. Collaborators: Indians and Empire