[29] Etienne Vényard, Sieur de Bourgmont (Bourmont, Boismont, Bournion), the builder of Fort Orleans, just below the mouth of Grand River, the first post established on the Missouri (1722 or 1723), undertook an expedition therefrom during the summer of 1724, under instructions from the government of Louisiana, for the purpose of making treaties of friendship with the tribes of the plains. For his journal, see Margry, Découvertes et Etablissements des Français, vi, pp. 398-448.—Ed.
[30] St. Peter's was the former name of the Minnesota River.—Ed.
[31] See Dorsey, "Migrations of Siouan Tribes," in American Naturalist, xv, p. 211; also Nuttall's Journal, in our volume xiii, note 84.—Ed.
[32] On the Winnebago, see J. Long's Voyages, in our volume ii, note 86.—Ed.
[33] The Moyene River is the present Des Moines. See preceding volume, note 123.—Ed.
[34] This was Fort Orleans, referred to ante, note 29. For further details, see Bradbury's Travels, in our volume v, note 26. Notice of Du Pratz will be found in Nuttall's Journal, volume xiii of our series, note 89.—Ed.
[35] The reference is to the English edition of Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (London, 1763), ii, p. 157. See Charlevoix's account in Wisconsin Historical Collections, xvi, pp. 413, 414.—Ed.
[36] For Boyer Creek, see preceding volume, note 174.—Ed.
[37] For sketch of Bartram, see André Michaux's Travels, in our volume iii, note 177.—Ed.
[38] Bennett Riley, of Maryland, began his army career in 1813, as ensign in the rifles, attaining a captaincy in 1817. In 1821 he was transferred to the infantry, in which he attained successively the rank of major (1837), lieutenant-colonel (1839), and colonel (1850). He died in 1853.