tisne

Updated: May 13, 2025

He was confirmed, however, in the belief that the Comanches and the Spaniards of New Mexico might be reached by this route. In the year of La Harpe's first exploration, one Du Tisne went up the Missouri to a point six leagues above Grand River, where stood the village of the Missouris. He wished to go farther, but they would not let him.

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

Du Tisne a Bienville. Bourgmont was a man of some education, and well acquainted with these tribes, among whom he had traded for years. In pursuance of his orders he built a fort, which he named Fort Orleans, and which stood on the Missouri not far above the mouth of Grand River.

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