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He came to New France as a child and, in service of the Jesuit missionaries, became acquainted with the Native Americans and Native American languages . Later, as a fur trader around Green Bay, he acquired considerable influence over the Indians of Wisconsin and in 1670 was sent to the West by Frontenac to take formal possession for France.

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