Indian Men and French “Women”: Fragile Masculinity and Fragile Alliances in Colonial Louisiana, 1699–1741

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Eric Toups
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abstract:Understandings of gender underpinned every encounter between eighteenth-century Indigenous and colonial leaders. They met each other not just as warriors, traders, or diplomats but also as men. Keeping this in mind, this article examines diplomatic discourse between French colonial officials of Louisiana and Choctaw headmen to understand the underlying tensions in their long-standing alliance. This analysis sheds new light on critical decisions made by both the French and Choctaws about their military strategies and their commitments to defending each other. When one studies several flashpoints in their alliance during the Natchez and Chickasaw Wars, French and Choctaw understandings of masculinity and its entanglements with war, status, and alliance come into focus. Because the Choctaws held the upper hand in the relationship, they typically directed how the often-resentful French performed masculinity; frequently the French did so on Choctaw terms.
印第安男人和法国“女人”:1699-1741年路易斯安那殖民地脆弱的男子气概和脆弱的联盟
对性别的理解支撑着18世纪土著和殖民地领导人之间的每一次接触。他们不仅以战士、商人或外交官的身份相遇,而且以男人的身份相遇。考虑到这一点,本文考察了路易斯安那州的法国殖民官员和乔克托族首领之间的外交话语,以了解他们长期联盟中潜在的紧张关系。这一分析揭示了法国人和乔克托人对他们的军事战略和他们相互保护的承诺所做出的关键决定。当一个人研究他们在纳奇兹和奇卡索战争期间的联盟中的几个闪点时,法国人和乔克托人对男子气概的理解及其与战争、地位和联盟的纠缠就会成为焦点。因为乔克托族在这段关系中占了上风,他们通常会指导经常心怀怨恨的法国人如何表现男子气概;法国人经常按照乔克托人的说法这么做。
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