- Étienne de Veniard,
Sieur de
Bourgmont (April 1679 – 1734) was a
French explorer from an
ancient Normand family who was
recognized and
ennobled by Louis...
- de
Bourgmont commanded an
expedition in 1714 that
reached at
least as far as the
mouth of the
Platte River. It is
unclear exactly how far
Bourgmont traveled...
- Étienne de Veniard,
Sieur de
Bourgmont, who was also the
first European to
explore the
lower Missouri River.
Bourgmont was on the lam from
French authorities...
-
established on the
Missouri River in 1723 by Étienne de Veniard,
Sieur de
Bourgmont. It was to be the
Missouri River headquarters of the
newly claimed French...
- to the
eventual site of
Kansas City was Étienne de Veniard,
Sieur de
Bourgmont, who was also the
first European to
explore the
lower Missouri River....
-
appears to be
confirmed by
Bourgmont who was told by a
Comanche chief that the
tribe consisted of 12
villages and when
Bourgmont visited one of
those villages...
- encampment,
Bourgmont was met by 80
mounted men
illustrating that some of the
Dismal River people possessed horses by this time.
Bourgmont described the...
- the
Dhegiha tribes near
their historic locations. The
French explorer Bourgmont was the
first European to do****ent his
visit to the Kaws in 1724. He found...
-
River in 1719, but they were
still not plentiful.
Another Frenchman,
Bourgmont,
could only buy
seven at a high
price from the Kaw in 1724, indicating...
-
weapons for the
Osages and
their relations. The
French responded by
sending Bourgmont to make
peace (in the
French interest)
between the
Pawnees and
their enemies...
