Tracy Neal Leavelle: 1 book
The Catholic Calumet
Colonial Conversions in French and Indian North America
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
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....
