Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut

In June and July 1680

Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut

“Gentleman of the King’s Guard”

Soldier, Explorer, Trader, and Governor

accompanied by four Frenchmen

LaMaitre, Bellegrade, Masson, and Pepin,

passed up the Brule River, crossed by

portage to the St. Croix River then

down to the Mississippi.

These were the ...