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Beauharnois to the Minister
Beauharnois, "1728: Further News
From
the West," in: Wisconsin Historical
Collections, XVII, pp. 29-30.
p. 29, fn. 2.
(page 29, fn. 2) Francois Margaue de la Valtries, Sieur de Vincennes, was born in 1672, and in 1719 succeeded his uncle, Jean Baptiste Bissot as the seigneur of Vincennes, also in his position among the Miami Indians. For this reason the identity of the two men is often confused. The junior Vincennes founded the post on the Wabash, called by his name, probably about 1727, at the instigation of Perier, governor of Louisiana, in order to counteract English influence among the Miamis. Vincennes led the Miami contingent in the unfortunate Chickasaw expedition in 1736, being captured and burned to death at the stake. The Ouiatanon (Wea) Indians were an important tribe of the Miamis. For a description of their villages see Wis. Hist. Colls., XVI, p. 376. A French commandant was sent among them between 1715 and 1718.- Ed.
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