TY - BOOK AU - Morgan,M.J. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Land of big rivers: French & Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 T2 - Shawnee books SN - 9780809329885 (paper : alk. paper) AV - F544 .M86 2010 U1 - 977.3/01 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Carbondale PB - Southern Illinois University Press KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Illinois KW - Human ecology KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Floodplains KW - Uplands KW - French KW - Indians of North America KW - British KW - To 1778 KW - Environmental conditions KW - Ethnic relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface: a word about buffalo -- Illinois country ecology -- The flourishing floodplain, 1699-1750 -- Cahokia : French and Indian struggles -- Chartres : French and Indian successes -- Trade matrix at Fort Chartres : farmers, traders, and provisioners -- Interlude : prairie invasions, 1751-52 -- Uplands arena, 1750-78 -- A ragged resource war : British in the Illinois -- Predations and survivals : French, British, and Indian Illinois -- Epilogue: losses; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/osterlin/Doc?id=10395128 ER -