Early French Explorers and Montana Indian Alliances
W H Banfill discusses Montana tribes and their linguistic ties to Algonquin and Siouan stocks. He notes Sioux hostility to whites, mixed alliances across lines, and the possible Asiatic origins via Beringia, while tracing historic eastward to westward migrations of tribes like Blackfeet Cree Cheyenne Sioux Assiniboines and Crows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Banfill
Rocky Mountains
Montana
United States
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Mississippi
Dakota Territory
Bering Sea
Alaska
Fragmented OCR Sees No Clear News Item
Unable to determine a coherent event or names from the provided text. No identifiable persons, places, or organizations are readable to summarize into a dated or location-specific news item.
Sioux and French Exploration Link to Mandans and Crees
The account traces early French travels from Joliet and Marquette to Hennepin and Verendrye, noting Duluth's rescue of Hennepin, Sioux resistance and salt trade, and how Crees, Assinniboine, and Mandan allies shaped fur routes. It covers language barriers, horse introduction, and shifting Sioux along the Missouri into Montana, with Crees and Assinniboine intermingling with French and English traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay
DuLuth
Louis XIV
Count Frontenac
Canada
Verendryes
Assinniboines
Mandan
Verendrye
Assiniboines
Montana
Sitting Bull
Bow
Horse
Little Fox
Rocky Mountains
Big Bend
Missouri
Sioux Nation Names and Early French Contacts in Montana
The article traces Sioux origins from an Algonquin term meaning enemy, notes early French spellings Nadouseronon and Nadues sis, and names Radisson's 1658–1660 expedition near Green Bay. It covers DuLuth's 1678–1682 campaigns against Sioux and Assiniboine, French-Zoo connections, and misperceived western distances to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
Lake Mille Lac
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Hennepin
DuLuth
Father Hennepin
Green Bay Country
Jacques Marquette
Wisconsin
Marquette
Radisson
Pierre Radisson
Medart Chouart
Sieur de Groseillers
Green Bay
Saubers
Sault
St. Mary's River
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Sault Ste. Marie
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EL Banfill
Pierre de la Verendrye
Missouri River
Mandan Village
Amr
Claude Allouez
Allouez
Pacific Ocean
Vermillion Sea
Gulf of California
Ohio
Joliet
Gulf of Mexico
la Salle
Spanish Southwest
Verenderyes
Lake Winnipeg
Crevecour
Pacific
Bismarck
N. D
Fort Manuel Lisa
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Hysham
Rocky Mountain Region
Great Salt Lake
Pacific Coast
Daniel Greysolon
Sieur DuLuth
France
Louis Hennepin
Upper
Dakota
Dakot
Lewis and Clark
of the
State of
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Ernest T. Eaton
Lewis T. Eaton
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