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| Title | Jules DeMun |
| Abstract | Biographical chapter about Jules DeMun (1782-1843), an early explorer and fur trader of the American Southwest and of the site of Kansas City. He was a native of Haiti and "nobleman by birth" coming to Sainte Genevieve, Missouri and then Saint Louis, Missouri in 1809-1812, becoming a fur trapping associate of the Chouteau family. His first expedition to the Southwest (with Auguste Chouteau and Joseph Philibert) came in 1815 with a short encampment at Kawsmouth in 1816 and a short imprisonment by the Spanish in New Mexico in 1817, before ending his career in Saint Louis as a government official. |
| Notes | Pages 14-15: "After a precious month [in 1816]...DeMun left St. Louis on June 15 with a barge to meet Auguste Chouteau at the mouth of the Kansas. But Chouteau did not arrive at the rendezvous until August 10...At the Kansas River they sent the furs back to St. Louis in the barge..." |
| Author | Janet Lecompte
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| Date | 1997 |
| Source | Fur Trappers and Traders of the Far Southwest |
| Location | MVSC 979.02 F983 |
| Chapter Title | Jules DeMun |
| Page | 8-18 |
| Local Subject | DeMun, Jules
Chouteau, Auguste
Philibert, Joseph
Explorers
Fur Trade
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Book
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 211738 |
| CONTENTdm number | 10519 |
