Letter, 1890 May 23.

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Letter, 1890 May 23.

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Photocopy of a letter, written in French, from George Drouillard, St. Louis, Missouri, to his sister Marie Louise Parrent, Detroit, Sandwich, concerning his 1808 acquittal of the murder of Antoine Bissonette, a deserter from the 1807 Manuel Lisa-Drouillard Yellowstone River expedition. Included is a photocopy of the English translation as it appears in Olin D. Wheeler's 1904 book, The Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904.

5 pages.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Bissonette, Antoine, d. 1807.

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Lisa, Manuel, 1772-1820

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Spanish fur trader operating out of St. Louis, Missouri. He secured exclusive rights to trade with the Osage Indians and established a trading post post at the junction of the Yellowstone and Bighorn rivers. From the description of Indenture, 1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462099 Spanish fur trader operating out of St. Louis, Missouri, who secured exclusive rights to trade with the Osage Indians and established a trading post post at the junction of the Yellowstone ...

Drouillard, George, -1810

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