Among the early European travelers of the Mississippi valley were the French traders known as courieurs de bois, "runners of the wood."
They were living among the indigenous peoples, or the natives. In a word, they lived with the Indians. Many of these French explorer / traders married aborigine, or indigenous, women.
The aboriginal people of North La were the Caddo. Today the remaining Caddo mostly live in Oklahoma.
My French-Canadian family came from the area around Quebec. Some of the Trudeaus went down the St lawrence River and connected with the Miss valley. They found their way to Natchitoches and New Orleans. My particular branch went as far as Massachusetts.
The study of family history? Genealogy.
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