French roots in the Illinois country : the Mississippi frontier in colonial times /
Ekberg, Carl J.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press,
c1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-339 and index.
French longlots in North America -- Settlements in the Illinois country -- Open-field agriculture -- Habitants, slaves, and engagés -- Tilling the land in colonial Illinois -- Agricultural commerce in the Mississippi Valley.
French Americans
Land settlement