- Winnebago, or "people of the
fragrant waters,"
translated to
French as,
Puants or Puans. This
exonym was derogatory, however, not
knowing that, Nicolet...
-
first M**** in
Oconto on
December 3, 1669. The bay was
named la baie des
Puants (literally, "the bay of the Stinks") by the
French explorer Jean Nicolet...
-
small trading post here in 1634,
originally named La Baye or La Baie des
Puants (French for "the Bay of
Stinking Waters"). Nicolet's
settlement was one...
- River. He
remained there as
commandant until 1721. He died at Baie des
Puants (Green Bay, Wisconsin) in 1733. Voisine, Nive (1979) [1969]. "Robutel de...
- roads.
Apart from the
village there are the
hamlets of L'Outre in the west,
Puant in the east, and Le
Buisson in the south-west. The
Ruisseau de
Bactot flows...
- qu'il
meriteroit estre nommé le
petit chien de Iupiter ; mais il est si
puant, et
iette vne
odeur si empestée, qu'il est
indigne d'estre appellé le chien...
- La Baye was a
small trading post
established on the Baie des
Puants (modern
Green Bay, Wisconsin) in 1634 by Jean Nicolet.
Nicolas Perrot, who was sent...
- to attack,
stabbing de
Tonti and
forcing his men to
retreat to Baie-des-
Puants in late 1680. In 1681,
after recuperating from his injuries, De
Tonti traveled...
- In the
spring of 1685, he was
appointed Commandant-in-Chief of Bais Des
Puants (present-day
Green Bay, Wisconsin) and the
neighboring regions when war...
- and
explored the
Great Lakes. In 1634, Jean
Nicolet founded La Baye des
Puants (present-day
Green Bay),
which is one of the
oldest permanent European settlements...
