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Daniel Greysolon Dulhut came from Saint-Germain-Laval, France. Not much is known about his early years except that his career in France was a military one. Before actually moving to New France there is record of him making two voyages but it is unknown why. On these visits he began to befriend the Sioux. In 1675 he acquired a house in Montreal with the help of family members already settled in the area. He mingled mostly with the Sioux and they gave him three slaves of his own.
Secretly, in 1678, he set out with French followers and his slaves to negotiate peace between tribes and to prevent them from trading with the English. For the winter they camped in Sault Ste. Marie and proceeded to raise French arms to let the English know that this land was now claimed by Louis XIV. He had sent three of his men out with a Sioux war party to see what was beyond this area. When they came back they brought salt to assured Dulhut that it came from a great lake that was not fit for......

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