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Henri de Tonty

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Henri de Tonty see Tonti, Henri de . Author not available, TONTY, HENRI DE., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008... Read more
Henri de Tonti
...francaises des pays d'outre-mer (6 vol., 1879-1888; tr. Relation of Henri de Tonty, 1898). Bibliography: See J. C. Parish, The Man with the Iron...Reed, Masters of the Wilderness (1914); E. R. Murphy, Henry de Tonty, Fur Trader of the Mississippi (1941). Read more
Rene-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
...Louis XIV to explore the western frontier of New France and build new forts. He sailed down the Illinois River and with Henri de Tonty (1650?–1704) canoed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. There in 1682 La Salle claimed the entire... Read more

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AMERICAN INDIANS RESCUE FRENCH EXPLORERS.(LOCAL)(ODD WISCONSIN)(Column)
; Lt. Henri de Tonty (1649-1704) was Robert de La Salle's right-ha...When a grenade mangled his right hand, Tonty calmly amputated the shredded remains with...his life. In March 1680, La Salle left Tonty holding a fort at Peoria, Ill. As winter... Read more

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