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French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
Source: WordNetIn 1673, an expedition headed by Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette was the first recorded to have crossed the Chicago Portage and traveled along the Chicago River. Source: Internet
Louisiana Louisiana before 1736 On May 17, 1673, explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began exploring the Mississippi River, known to the Sioux as does Tongo, or to the Miami-Illinois as missisipioui (the great river). Source: Internet
In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet pushed off from the site of modern St. Ignace toward one of these wild-ricepaddy patches in the center of what is now Wisconsin. Source: Internet