Claude-Charles du Tisne:
He was the son of Charles-Claude Dutisne & Catherine Duclos de
Cusor. Claude was first married to Marie-Anne Gauthier (m.1708) and secondly
to Louise-Marguerite Margane de Valtrie (m.1713). Claude's son Louis died
during Pierre d'Artaguette"s attack on the "Chickasaws" in 1736. Claude
in 1714 traveled by land from Canada to Mobile with a group of Canadians
and by 1716 was temporarily commander at Natchitioches while Deny's was
away. In 1718-19 he was sent on a exploratory mission of trade up the Missouri
River & established Fort d'Orleans in Carroll Co., Missouri. By 1723
he was at Ft.Rosalie (Natchez) and in 1725 Commander of Fort de Chartres.
In 1730 he was wounded in the cheek by a Fox warrior and died later from
this injury.
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