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
Jolliet, with his canoe of voyageurs, his maps and papers, and the young Indian boy given him by the Illinois chief, went on to Montreal.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Many families and many fires filled a long wigwam, though Jolliet and Marquette were lodged with the chief, who had one for himself and his household.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
He at last found a man who spoke a little Illinois, and Jolliet and he were able to explain their errand.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Thus we have "Jolliet" or "Joliet," "De Gallinée" or "De Galinée," "Du Lu," "Du Luth," "Duluth," etc.
From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Frank H. Severance
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