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<br />wo`, plon"Iaburg rand, olid 3lisbawnha
<br />,At. or The hunting and trnlglinG Grounds
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<br />aM muIll, down the vnllCy of the ICnula kc•e.
<br />fur MnnMmt alis until acitliin n Ynrc
<br />Allot, At hive IMI, the spnrlsmnlr's parn-
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<br />R{HIDESC'E ANB TRADING POST BUILT BY PIERRE NAVARRE, I3 M0, AND NOW PR&
<br />SERVED IN LEEPER PARK, IN THE CITY OR SOUTH REXB.
<br />mlher slenderly built ^ On the removal of
<br />the Pottntcutoulies to the west, in 1840, he
<br />Teat n'ith the tribe, but Afterwards returned
<br />IO thil COmAJ\ W'IV." he died lit the Immo
<br />It hit dnnchn-r ill South Bond. December
<br />T. 16IN Ili. body costa iu Ceder riven
<br />t:naeu•n 1,••,n Soto•Ihnne. 'i'hr log houxe
<br />trill by Simt , ill 182(). which was the (INC
<br />Ill, tmdiue vhttinn in St, .Jlkmpli county. and
<br />thi.l l•io.•er and his livilmelald, half
<br />aWl^ mal lialf ludian. s1, Inng reaidcd, has
<br />�s P" ,,A la this day, It was pcesontml
<br />"tr' R'nrk of South urnu mil Vol,..
<br />r TMe ISr411 Pub. Co., Obtram. INR{.
<br />IL
<br />Howard's County llistyy, page 131
<br />wilderness, nuc nearly one hundred years
<br />ago.
<br />W. TDM FIRST SETTLERS.
<br />Sec: 1: ALEx1R OoQut LARti.—Tho first
<br />American home established within the limits
<br />of St. Joseph county was that of Alaeis
<br />Coqnillard, who is usually regarded as the
<br />founder of the city of South Bend. The
<br />aoutinnity of our history is well preserved in
<br />the life of il'Ir. Coquillurd. While he was a
<br />Yue tinder and of Frcoch descent, as were
<br />mod of his predecessars in the valley of the
<br />SI, Joseph, Mod while he wns always on
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