Prescott, Philander, 1801-1862
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Prescott, Philander, 1801-1862
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Prescott, Philander, 1801-1862
Prescott, Philander
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Prescott, Philander
Prescott, Philander, d. 1801
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Prescott, Philander, d. 1801
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Prescott was born (September 17, 1801) in Phelpstown, New York, the son of Joel and Lucy (Reed) Prescott. He joined his brother Zachariah in Detroit in 1820; arrived later that year at Camp New Hope (Fort Snelling, Minn.); married (1823) the daughter of a Dakota chief; engaged in the fur trade with the American and Columbia fur trading companies and in partnership with Alexis Bailly; was associated with Lawrence Taliaferro's Eatonville agricultural colony for the Indians; was an interpreter during the Traverse des Sioux treaty negotiations (1851); and was killed (August 17, 1862) at the beginning of the U.S.-Dakota War.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/29088620
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7182912
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no89011402
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no89011402
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Agricultural colonies
Agricultural colonies
Dakota Indians
Dakota Indians
Dakota Indians
Dakota Indians
Fortification
Fortification
Fur trade
Fur trade
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Ojibwa Indians
Ojibwa Indians
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Fur traders
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Fort Snelling (Minn.).
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Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island).
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Mississippi River Valley
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Mississippi River.
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Michigan
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Detroit (Mich.).
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United States
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Minnesota--Eatonville
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Detroit (Mich.)
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Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island.)
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Wisconsin
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Mississippi River
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Minnesota
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United States
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Middle West
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Fort Snelling (Minn.)
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Mississippi River Valley
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Michigan
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Wisconsin
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Minnesota
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Lake States
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East (U.S.)
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