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Ancient Yazoo traveler Moncacht Ape’s Pacific quest told
An old narrative recounts Moncacht Ape a Yazoo Indian who journeyed from the lower Mississippi up the Missouri across the mountains to the Pacific five years sought origins of his people and learned from tribes and French sources his tale later appeared in Le Page Pratz notes and a Paris published translation revealing origins of red men and early exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Moses
Lewis and Clark
Missouri
Columbia River
Pacific
Columbia
Mississippi
Monchacht-Ape
Moncacht-Ape
Ohio
Atlantic
Falls
Niagara
Lower
Great Western Sea
M. le Page Pratz
France
Therovince
Louisiana
du Pratt
New Orleans
Natchez
Paris
Montcacht- Ape
du Pratz
London
Virginia
Carolina
Ucts
M. le Page du Pratz
T. Becket
Adelphi
Strand
Lord Lamden
Montana Historical Library
America
Yazoos
Asia
Andrew McFarland Davis
le Page du Pratz