cristineaux

Updated: May 19, 2025

Nor could any information be expected from them, since their relatives and mortal enemies, the Sioux, barred their way to the West. The Cristineaux were equally ignorant; but they supplied the place of knowledge by invention, and drew maps, some of which seem to have been made with no other intention than that of amusing themselves by imposing on the inquirer.

Francis Parkman - A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II

As starting-points and bases of supply for the expedition, it was proposed to establish three posts, one on the north shore of Lake Superior, at the mouth of the river Kaministiguia, another at Lac des Cristineaux, now called Lake of the Woods, and the third at Lake Winnipeg, the last being what in American phrase is called the "jumping-off place," or the point where the expedition was to leave behind the last trace of civilization.

Francis Parkman - A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II