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Love and intrigue in colonial frontier voyage
Adele La Chesnayne, forced into marriage with Francois Cassion, travels south from Green Bay toward Fort St. Louis with D Artigny and Barbeau. Amid plots by Governor La Barre, the trio winds through storms, canoe wrecks, and trails, uncovering treachery tied to the Chesnayne family and plotting a safe approach to Fort St. Louis with De La Durantaye.
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Adele li Chesnayne
New France
Cagston Henchmith
la Barre
Jay Salle
St. Louis
Ilinois
Adele
New la Are
Cassion
Fort St. Louis
Yotty
Rene d'Artigny
Chevet
D'Artigny
Vere Allouez
Monsieur
Cassian
D’artigny
Pere Allouez
Descartes
Monsieur Cassion
Madame
D‘artigny
Francois Cassion
Monsieur de la Durantaye
Des Plaines
Green Bay
Ix Chesnayne
Barbeau
Marri Ze
Hugo Chevet
Monsieur la Barre
Quebec
St. Ignace
Sieur d’Artigny
M. de la Durantaye
la Salle
de Tonty
Sieur de la Salle
Chevalier de Baugis
King’s Dragoons
W’espirance
de Marie
Dragoons
Dortigny
Chicago River
M. de la Dutrantaye