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GOULD NOT LIVE ALWAYSPaul Narcelle, a Settler of 1841, PasseB Away—Oldest Dakotian.A TYPICAL MAN OF THE FRONTIEREmployed as a Trapper During-the Forties.—Brief Sketch of an Eventful Life.Fort Pierre, S, D., Feb. 20.—The Stock Journal, speaking of the death of the late Paul Narcelle, says: Narcelle was undoubtedly the oldest settler in what is now known as the Dakotas. He was born near Montreal. Can., in the year 1812. At the age of 15, in company with about two hundred Frenchmen in' the employ of the American Fur company, he left Canada and has ever since been in the northwest. Leaving Canada in the spring of 1830 under the direction of Louis Fran-cher, they pushed out into the thenunexplored west. They came clown the lakes to Fort Deaborn, now Chicago, and remained there a few days awaiting the arrival of a half-, breed living on the Winconsin river a * _
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The Black Hills Union
Rapid City, South Dakota, US
Fri, Feb 26, 1897
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