François Ménard, a Colonial Arkansas "Marchand" and "Habitant"

François Ménard, a Colonial Arkansas "Marchand" and "Habitant"

In any case, the truth is that, pace Washington Irving and other detractors and romanticizers of colonial Arkansas, the Post had a number of enterprising merchants and habitants (farmers) in the eighteenth century who, though their obscured lives are usually beyond recovery, were in fact busily enga...

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Published in:The Arkansas historical quarterly 2015-12, Vol.74 (4), p.303-326
Main Author: Arnold, Morris S.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Archives
Boats
Buffalo hunting
Colonies & territories
Debt
Governors
Hunting
Hunting gear
Jurisdiction
Merchants
Slaves
Towns
Truth
White people
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Summary:In any case, the truth is that, pace Washington Irving and other detractors and romanticizers of colonial Arkansas, the Post had a number of enterprising merchants and habitants (farmers) in the eighteenth century who, though their obscured lives are usually beyond recovery, were in fact busily engaged in pursuing Irving's almighty dollar.3 The principal exception to their virtual anonymity is a man named Jean François Ménard.4 Jean François Ménard-he would soon lose the Jean-was born in 1745 or 1746 in central France in the tiny farming village of Sagonne (present-day population about two hundred) in what was then the province of Bourbonnais. [...]François Ménard had had the skills and the wiles required to survive the multinational contest for the Arkansas country.
ISSN:0004-1823
2327-1213