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Louis D. Letellier, was born in 1827, in the parish of Beaumont, Bellechasse county, near the little church of the village, situated on the high land on the border of the St. Lawrence river, nine miles below Quebec.The following autobiography of Louis D. Letellier was first written by him in 1862, after he had settled down to a quiet life, thinking to preserve a record of it for his family.About 1903, the compiler of this, loaned Mr. Letellier, Larpenteur's journal knowing that they had been old acquaintances. On returning the book, Mr. Letellier remarked that he had a journal of his own, and being urged by Mr. Marks to write it out in English he did so, enlarging it and putting it in more connected form. The paper was read before the Sioux City Academy of Science. The spelling is affected by the fact that he was educated in the French language and his business had not required him to write much English. Mr. Letellier is about five feet eight inches tall, well proportioned but not very fleshy, rather quiet and reserved in his manner, always cool and self-possessed. For many years he kept a hotel at Sioux City which was headquarters for the French, but he has been in no business for many years. He lives in one of his own houses with his daughter and has several children and grandchildren. He retains his mental and bodily vigor, except that he had a severe illness about two years ago which left him very feeble but he has practically recovered his strength. He recalls his Dakota experiences vividly and when disposed narrates some adventures very graphically.Not having visited the upper river since its settlement he was unable to identify the localities spoken of with present names. This book originally published in 1908 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
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- Title: The Autobiography of Louis Dace Letellier, Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri (1908)
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