Jolliet

Or Jo·li·et

[joh-lee-et, joh-lee-et, zhaw-lyey]

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noun

Jolliet

/ ʒɔljɛ /

Louis. 1645–1700, French-Canadian explorer, with Jaques Marquette, of the Mississippi river

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The report also recommends taking down tablets dedicated to explorers De La Salle, Jolliet and Marquette.

To Jolliet is reasonably assigned the first discovery of the Mississippi.

Index: F Accompanies Jolliet in his explorations, 155.

"We have tremendous labor before us," mused Jolliet.

Jolliet was one of the best specimens of a trader and pioneer that Canadian history gives us.

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