Jolliet
Americannoun
noun
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The report also recommends taking down tablets dedicated to explorers De La Salle, Jolliet and Marquette.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
They had paddled about a month up river through the region where Marquette and Jolliet had descended, when one afternoon they stopped to repair their canoe and cook a wild turkey.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
His opportunity came two years later, when he was chosen by the Intendant Talon to accompany Louis Jolliet on his memorable exploration of the Mississippi, 1673.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Monjolly," wrote the same adventurer, "or Mount Jolliet, is a mound of earth on the prairie on the right side of the Illinois River as you go down, elevated about thirty feet.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
His later explorations have been the subject of long controversy—the point in dispute being whether he explored the Mississippi before or after Marquette and Jolliet.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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