La Vérendrye

[ French la vey-rahn-dree ]

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noun

Pierre Gaul·tier de Va·renne [pye, r, goh-, tyey, d, uh, v, a, -, ren], Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.

Hereabout the Sieur de la Verendrye had crossed on his own journey of exploration two generations earlier.

I saw him as La Verendrye must have seen him—busy only at the divine business of being a giant.

La Verendrye admired the military regularity of the savages on the march.

La Verendrye was more eager to reach the Western Sea than he was to trade.

In 1737 La Verendrye made once more the long journey to Montreal.

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