Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- REAPPRAISALS -- 1 The Aboriginal Population -- 2 Occasional Contact on the Gulf Coast -- 3 Acadia at the Turn of the Century -- 4 The Eastern Algonkians and the Balance of Power -- 5 The Displacement of Materials -- 6 Drunkenness and Regulation -- 7 Disease and Treatment -- 8 Political Modification -- 9 Social Disintegration -- 10 The Effect of Contact on the French -- 11 Religion -- 12 Art, Pictography, and Music -- 13 Mythology -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary
This study examines the conflict between the Europeans and the Indians precipitated by the arrival of the French in the New World
