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Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau , Jean Baptiste De La Vérendrye and 19 French voyageurs were headed from Fort St. Charles to Montreal via Fort St. Pierre . On their first night out they were massacred by Sioux warriors on a nearby island in Lake Of The Woods . The date was June 8 th.

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Christopher Dufrost De La Jemeraye died May 10 of this year. In ill health he was travelling from Fort Maurepas on the Red River to Fort St. Charles on Lake Of The Woods . He was buried near the junction of the Red and Rousseau rivers.