Daniel greysolon du lhut biography template
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Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
French explorer (c.
Daniel greysolon du lhut biography template pdf
1639–1710)
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (c. 1639 – 25 February 1710) was a French soldier and explorer who is the first European known to have visited the area where the city of Duluth, Minnesota, United States, is now located and the head of Lake Superior in Minnesota.
His name is sometimes anglicized as "DuLuth", and he is the namesake of Duluth, Minnesota, as well as Duluth, Georgia. Daniel Greysolon signed himself "Dulhut" on surviving manuscripts.
Daniel greysolon du lhut biography template
Early life
He was born about 1639 in Saint-Germain-Laval, near Saint-Étienne, France, and first visited New France in 1674.
Exploration
In September 1678, Dulhut left Montreal for Lake Superior, spending the winter near Sault Sainte Marie and reaching the western end of the lake in the fall of the following year, where he concluded peace talks between the Anishinaabe (Saulteur) and Dakota (Sioux) peoples.
On 2 July 1679, DuLhut planted the flag of France "in the gr