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The band's frontman, John Barrett, formed Bass Drum of Death in 2008 as a one-man-band, playing both his bass drum and guitar. The band's members are from Oxford, Mississippi, and they played in Oxford to its booming music scene for years (mainly 2008-2013) before John decided to move to New York City.
The Chouteau family, founders of St. Louis, were major players in the fur trade for 70 years. Like the Dakota, Osage, and many other American Indian groups with whom they traded, the Chouteaus preferred to conduct business with relatives, and their extensive family ties shaped trade and U.S.-Indian relations from Canada to New Orleans, from the ...
The sons of Pierre Chouteau, Sr., August Pierre (1786-1838) and Paul Liquest (1792-1851), formed a partnership to trade with the Osage after Liquest's partner, a mixed-blood adopted by the Osage, was killed by Cherokee in 1821. The partners lost no time in exploiting the loyalties of the Mongrains and Lamberts.
Chouteau’s first name, René, got lost somewhere along the way—perhaps because it reminded him of his father, who was estranged from his mother, Marie Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau. So estranged that she began a common-law marriage with Pierre Laclède Liguest, a fellow Frenchman living in New Orleans.
René-Auguste Chouteau Jr. (September 7, 1749, or September 26, 1750 – February 24, 1829), also known as Auguste Chouteau, was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician.
Oct 1, 2008 · This is the story of several generations of the Chouteau family in the fur trade, starting with brothers Auguste and Pierre founding St. Louis in 1764. Much of Hoig’s focus is on Auguste’s sons, Col. A.P. Chouteau and Pierre Jr., better known as Cadet.
Jul 23, 2018 · Chouteau family (Ren*e Auguste Chouteau, 1723-1776). Publisher [St. Louis, Ditenhafer printing co., c1934]. Collection allen_county; americana Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Language English
