BID Number
17572
Birth
N.D.: ROUEN, FRANCE/GARDENER'S SON
Occupation
1685 Mar 15 - 1687 Jan 12: FORT ST. LOUIS(MISSOURI)/TENIENTE, ON LA SALLE EXPEDITION FROMSAN BERNARDO
1684 Jul 24: LA ROUCHELLE, FRANCE/TENIENTE, BEGINNING OFLA SALLE'S EXPEDITION
1688 Jul 17: MONTREAL/TENIENTE, ARRIVED
1688 Mar 21: ILLINOIS/TENIENTE, LEFT
1688 Oct 05: LA ROUCHELLE, FRANCE/TENIENTE, RETURNED
1684 Sep 28: FLORIDA COAST/TENIENTE, LANDED
1685 Jan 10: MISSISSIPPI RIVER (NEAR)/TENIENTE
Ethnicity
FRENCH
Notes
SURVIVED LA SALLE EXPEDITION AND AUTHORED "DIARIO HISTORICO DEL ULTIMO VIAJE QUE HIZO M. DE LA SALLE PARA DESCUBRIR EL DESEMBOCADERO Y CURSO DEL MISSICIPI" PUBLISHED 1714. IN CHARGE OF FORT ST. LOUIS IN OCTOBER, 1685, DURING LA SALLE'S EXPLORATIONS. SURVIVED A PLOT TO MURDER HIM EARLY ON JOURNEY; LEFT WITH LA SALLE, JANUARY 1687 ON JOURNEY TO CANADA - WAS ONE OF FEW SURVIVORS IN MAY 1687 SET OUT FOR CANADA WITH SIX OTHER SURVIVORS AFTER LA SALLE'S MURDER. HAD SERVED SEVENTEEN YEARS IN FRENCH ARMY.
Source
WEDDLE
Sources
BANNON: THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS FRONTIER (1970) MORFI: HISTORY OF TEXAS (1935) ASHFORD: SPANISH TEXAS, YESTERDAY AND TODAY (1971) CARTER: DOOMED ROAD OF EMPIRE (1963) WEDDLE (1973)
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