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Adventurous Americans: Mme La Compt and Longs Peak
The 18th century Cahokia leader Mme La Compt influenced Potawatomi and other tribes, delaying attacks during the Revolution after multiple rescues. Stephen Long’s 1819 expedition and his famed but flawed report coined The Great American Desert, hindering western development. Virginia Moon, a Civil War era sharpshooter and spy, later became a Hollywood actress.
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Mme. la Compt
la Flammes
St. Joseph
Lake Michigan
Mackinac
Pilotte de Sainte Ange
Sainte Ange
Chicago
Cahokia
Mississippi
la Compt
George Rogers Clark
Ilinois
St.Louis
Marcha
Tom Brady
Rockies
United States
Amercan
Virginia Moon
Memphis
Tenn
Ohio
Tennessee
Gue
Hollywood
Pola Negri
Miles Milner
Greenwich Village
Union