French explorers and fur traders were the first Europeans to pass through this region.

Later French explorers translated the name to its present spelling.

Early French explorers used a trail or route through this area.

He was the first known French explorer to set foot in the future state of Oklahoma.

Early French explorers had estimated their original population from 6,000 to more than 20,000.

French explorers discovered the trail in 1615 and used it periodically thereafter.

Other French explorers returned in 1744 to survey the area and gave the river its name.

The French explorers were the first to establish a fur trade with them that became important through their territory.

French explorers and colonists were the first Europeans to explore this area.

The existence of this large lake was known to French explorers for a long time before actually reaching it.