| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation117. Joseph RENVILLE was born in 1779 in Kaposia Village near Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA.33 He was educated before 1795 at Quebec. In 1805 he was an interpreter for explorer Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike in Minnesota.33 He served in the military in 1812 in Canada.33 Between 1812 and 1821 he was an associate in Hudson's Bay Company in Minnesota Territory.33 In 1822 he was a founder of Columbia Fur Company in Minnesota Territory.34 In 1823 he was a guide for Italian explorer Giacomo Beltrami in Minnesota Territory.34 He founded a fur post on the river in 1826 in Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota, USA. He founded mission with Dr. T. S. Williamson at Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota, USA in 183434,35 He died on 3 Mar 1846 in Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota, USA.34 Joseph RENVILLE and Tonkanne LITTLE CROW were
married in 1806 in country.36,37 They were married on 12 Jun
1829 in Prairie Du Chien, Illinois, USA.36
Tonkanne LITTLE CROW (daughter of Chief (Little Crow
III) CETANWAKANMANI and Meene-oke-dawin (Minnetonka) MEENE-OKE-DAWIN) was born
in 1789 in Kaposia Village near Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA. She
was converted to Christianity in 1836 in Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota, USA. She was
also known as Mary Renville in 1836.37
She died about 16 Feb 1840 in Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota, USA.38 She was 100% Dakota indian..37,38 Joseph RENVILLE and Tonkanne LITTLE CROW had the following children:
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