| Title: | Monsoni |
| Original Title: | Monsaunis, les |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 10 (1765), p. 670 |
| Author: | Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt (biography) |
| Translator: | Kathryn Heintzman [Harvard University] |
| Subject terms: |
Geography
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| Citation (MLA): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Monsoni." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Kathryn Heintzman. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2020. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0004.067>. Trans. of "Monsaunis, les," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 10. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Monsoni." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Kathryn Heintzman. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0004.067 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Monsaunis, les," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 10:670 (Paris, 1765). |
Monsoni, [1] savage people of North America in the Fort Nelson [2] region. They kill many beavers, some of which are very black, a rare color for this animal. They sell all of their pelts to the English.
1. Presently referred to as Moose Cree First Nation. Alternative transliterations have included Monsone, Monsonee, Monsoni, Monsonico, Monsounic, and Monzoni.
2. A settlement of the Hudson’s Bay company.