The Catholic Calumet: Colonial Conversions in French and Indian North America

by Tracy Neal Leavelle

Book Overview

In 1730 a delegation of Illinois Indians arrived in the French colonial capital of New Orleans. An Illinois leader presented two ceremonial pipes, or calumets, to the governor. One calumet represented the diplomatic alliance between the two men and the other symbolized their shared attachment to Catholicism. The priest who documented this exchange also reported with excitement how the Illinois recited prayers and sang hymns in their Native language,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223217
• ISBN13: 9780812223217
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"