This five page paper examines the book, Kaskaskia under the French Regime. The paper notes that in standard journalistic style, the author provides in this 2003 edition of the book a thorough economic and social history of French Kaskaskia during the first half of the eighteenth century. With compelling historical detail, she describes how Kaskaskia was founded as a small mission station in Illinois and was initially settled by French fur traders who married into the local Indian population.
