By Bob Brown, County Historical Commission [Special thanks to Lucas Wood, TTU Linguistic Department, for translating Joseph Tasse, “The Quebecois of the West,” 2 vols. (Montreal: Compagnie d’ imprimerie Canadienne, 1878, 2:175-78 for this article.] Born in 1805 near Montreal, before he finished his race 51 years later and 1600 miles further south, he became an engagee, an Indian trader, a...
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