Petition a Monsieur le Lieutenant General des Trois Rivières : 1685 Feb. 12.

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Petition a Monsieur le Lieutenant General des Trois Rivières : 1685 Feb. 12.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62401884

Perrot's petition for command of the Green Bay trading post.

[4] p. ; 32 cm.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Perrot, Nicolas, 1644-1718

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Perrot was a fur trader, voyageur, and envoy to Native Americans, he came to the new world as an agent to the French missionaries. His knowledge and influence with the Indians was often used by the French government in dealing with the tribes of the old Northwest. In 1688 he took formal possession of the Mississippi in the name of the King. His many services to the government were never repaid. His memoirs on the manners, customs and religions of the North American Indians have been published in...