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French with Algonquian Flavour

Summary by La Liberté
By Laurent GIMENEZ. In the account of his trip to the Great Lakes region in the early 1830s, the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville recounts his astonishment to meet one day, when embarking on a canoe, an indigenous guide addressing him in French. "The man who was crouched at the bottom of this fragile boat wore the suit and had all the appearance of an Indian," wrote Tocqueville. "As I was preparing myself to go up there, the so-called Indian …
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By Laurent GIMENEZ. In the account of his trip to the Great Lakes region in the early 1830s, the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville recounts his astonishment to meet one day, when embarking on a canoe, an indigenous guide addressing him in French. "The man who was crouched at the bottom of this fragile boat wore the suit and had all the appearance of an Indian," wrote Tocqueville. "As I was preparing myself to go up there, the so-called Indian …

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La Liberté broke the news in on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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