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Louis Jolliet (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒɔljɛ]; September 21, 1645 – after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. [1] In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and map the Upper Mississippi River.
Pere Marquette and the Indians [at the Mississippi River], oil painting (1869) by Wilhelm Lamprecht (1838–1906), at Marquette University [28] Marquette's request to take a leave from missionary work to explore the great river was granted in 1673. Marquette joined the expedition of Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer.
[26] In 1673, explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet first crossed the Chicago Portage. The site marks the western end of the historic portage linking the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River [27] with a statue of Marquette, Jolliet, and a Native American with a canoe. The statue was created by artist Ferdinand Rebechini.
The first known European explorers to Iowa were Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673, who claimed all of Iowa for France. The French had a strong presence in Iowa, ...
1673: The explorations of Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette lead to the discovery of the Mississippi River. [9] [10] [11] 1674: Laval becomes the first bishop of Quebec. [12] [13] [14] 1675-76: Bacon's Rebellion—Third major war between Virginia settlers and Virginia and Maryland Native Americans. Bacon's army kills and enslaves ...
In May 1673, Jacques Marquette joined the expedition of Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer, to find the Mississippi River. They departed from St. Ignace on May 17, with two canoes and five voyageurs of French-Indian ancestry . They followed Lake Michigan to Green Bay and up the Fox River, nearly to its headwaters.
In 1673, Jesuit Father Jacques Marquette and French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet became the first Europeans known to have descended the Mississippi River. The record of their trip is the earliest, best record of contact between Europeans and the Illinois Indians.
In 1674, Chartier accompanied Louis Jolliet to the Illinois Country, where he became acquainted with the Pekowi Shawnee, who lived at that time on the Wabash River. [ Note 2 ] After Jolliet returned to Quebec in 1675, Chartier returned to the territory and married Sewatha Straight Tail (1660–1759), [ 12 ] daughter of the Shawnee chief ...