Nicolet Jean 1598-1642 Born At Cherbourg Normandy Came To

Canada, 1618, and the same year sent to the Algonquians of Allumette

Island, on the Ottawa, to learn their language. Remained with the tribe

two years; and afterwards spent eight or nine years with the Nipissings,

gaining so much of their confidence that he was made a member of the

tribe and took part in their councils. His memoirs on this tribe,

furnished to Father Le Jeune, were embodied in the Jesuit Relations.

Returned to Quebec, 1633, after an absence of fifteen years. There met

Champlain, who sent him west once more, in 1634. Reached Green Bay the

same year, and ascended Fox River to the Wisconsin portage. The

following year returned to Quebec, and employed as commissary of the fur

trade, and interpreter at Three Rivers, till his death. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era)

Arrives in Canada, 144. =Bib.=: Butterfield, Discovery of the

North-West by Jean Nicolet; Parkman, Pioneers of France.