Henri de Tonti
(1649-1704)
Italian-French military officer and explorer in North America
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Henri de Tonti (né Enrico Tonti; c.– September 1704), also spelled Henri de Tonty, was a Sicilian-born French military officer, explorer, and voyageur who assisted René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, with North American exploration and colonization from 1678 to 1686. De Tonti was one of the first explorers to navigate and sail the upper Great Lakes. He also sailed the Illinois and the Mississippi, which they traveled to its mouth and claimed for Louis XIV of France. De Tonti established the first permanent European settlement in the lower Mississippi valley, known as Poste de Arkansea, making him "The Father of Arkansas."
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1649 Gaeta, Italy
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September 1704 (aged 55) Mobile County, Alabama
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