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Book Reviews 431 study. But it was not until he changed his approach in the form of a more detailed study of a limited area that he was able to gain the recognition that the science of the study of man has now attained. The reviewer is only posing this prob- lem that if social history, such as is found in this monograph, is to be of real importance in the understanding of human be- havior, past or present, those who write it must develop a more precise method. Dr. Bardolph writes with a zeal for the subject and many of his phrases and quotations show a liveliness that make for interesting reading. The monograph is free of errors, is well edited and shows an immense amount of accuracy in dates and references; it literally bristles with footnotes and there is appended an excellent bibliography of prominent American horticultural writers in the period to 1870. Northern Illinois State Teachers College Earl W. Hayter Kaskaskia under the French Regime. By Natalia M. Belting. Volume XXIX, No. 3, Illinois Studies in the Social Sci- ences. (Urbana, Illinois, University of Illinois Press, 1948, pp. 140. Illustrations, appendix, and index. $2.50 clothbound, $1.50 paperbound.) The social history of the French villages in the Illinois country during the eighteenth century, with particular atten- tion to Kaskaskia, is told in this number of the lllinois Studies in the Social Sciences. The other villages are Fort de Char- tres, St. Philippe, Prairie du Rocher, Cahokia, and Ste. Gene- vieve. Kaskaskia was founded when the Kaskaskia Indians left the vicinity of La Salle’s Fort St. Louis on the Illinois River, moved to the west of the Mississippi River opposite Cahokia, and then in 1703 settled at the mouth of the river since called Kaskaskia. With them and the Jesuit missionaries were a number of French traders who had married into the tribe and who were the founders of the village. The French were chief- ly interested in the fur trade, but the fertility of the soil soon led them to agricultural pursuits. At first the Jesuits tried to maintain order alone and then with the aid of troops. Gov- ernment was extended in 1718 when Illinois became a province or military district of the colony of Louisiana. The chief mi- gration of the French dwindled after the twenties and there- 432 Indian& Magazine of History after the growth of the population came largely by natural increase. The houses, the clothing of the people, the church, their religious services, and the general festivities of the commun- ities are described. The information is drawn largely from the Kaskaskia Manuscripts in ‘the office of the circuit clerk at Chester, Illinois. Some of this material is printed in a long appendix. The work could have been improved if a summary and conclusion had been included. Miss Belting undoubtedly knows this subject more intimately than anyone else and is, there- fore, better able to point out its significance. The monograph is, nevertheless, a useful and valuable study for those who wish a more intimate knowledge of the villages of the French period. Indiana University John D. Barnhart Bibliography of Ohio Archeology. By Richard C. Morgan and James Rodabaugh. (Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Archaeo- logical and Historical Society, 1947, pp. v, 189. Index. $2.50.) This volume was published as a memorial to Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis whose “great book, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley,” had been ac- cepted for publication by the Smithsonian Institution one hundred years previously. These men “made the first system- atic study of archaeology in the United States and produced the first major volume in this field.” Their work, then, was monumental. By the same token the subject volume is also monumental for it surpasses any similar work which has come to the attention of the reviewer. The volume is well-organized. A preface concisely states the intent of the contents, credits those who labored upon it and clarifies the arrangement of the included items. There follows a chapter “Historical Notes on Ohio Arch- aeology.” Within the span of eleven pages are tantalizing bits of history relative to archaeological progress in the state, the foundation and growth of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, and of the personalities responsible for these accomplishments. Although it would, perhaps, have been out of place in this volume, this chapter could have been expanded considerably to the advantage of all who are inter- .