Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan

New France military officer, writer, and enlightenment intellect

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1666

Place of Birth: Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1716

Profession: military personnel, anthropologist, explorer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Louis Armand, Baron de Lahontan (9 June 1666 – prior to 1716) served in the French military in Canada where he traveled extensively in the Wisconsin and Minnesota region and the upper Mississippi Valley.
Upon his return to Europe he wrote an enormously popular travelogue.
In it he recounted his voyage up the "Long River," now thought to be the Missouri.
He wrote at length and in very positive terms about Native American culture, portraying Indian people as free, rational and generally admirable.