Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Maps, Plans, and Illustrations
Preface
Chronology
Introduction: Beyond the Laclède-Chouteau Legend
Part 1. St. Ange de Bellerive and the Illinois Country
1. Fort d'Orleans and the Grotton–St. Ange Family
2. The Rise of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive
3. The Illinois Country in Transition, 1763–1765
4. Commandant St. Ange de Bellerive
5. The Village Emerges
Part II. Contours of Village Life
6. Logs and Stones: Early St. Louis Buildings
7. The Coutume de Paris Rules
8. Slaves: African and Indian
9. In Small Things Forgotten
10. Foundations of the St. Louis Fur Trade
11. End of an Era
Color Illustrations
Conclusion: St. Louis and the Wider World
Appendix A. St. Louis Counts
Appendix B. St. Louis Indian Slave Census, 1770
Notes
Index