Jolliet
Noun
Meaning
French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
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In 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.
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).
In 1669, the Frenchman Louis Jolliet was the first documented European to sight Lake Erie, although there is speculation that Étienne Brûlé may have come across it in 1615.
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.
When Louis Jolliet explored the Mississippi Valley in the 17th century, natives guided him to a quicker way to return to French Canada via the Illinois River.