Renville, Joseph, 1779-1846
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Fur traders
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found: Joseph Renville, 1996:t.p. (Joseph Renville) p. 3 (Joseph Renville, Jr. b. 1779 at Trempealeau Mountain, Minn.) p. 7 (d. March 1846 at his home in Lac qui Parle, Minn.)
found: OCLC database, April 30, 2012(hdg: Renville, Joseph, 1779-1846)
found: Many and great, O God, c2007:caption (Joseph R. Renville)
found: hymntime.com, via WWW, February 20, 2013(Joseph R. Renville; born in Kaposia (just below Mount Trempeauleau, south of St. Paul), Minnesota in 1779; died March 3, 1846 at home in Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota; Renville's father was a French-Canadian trader, his mother a Dakota Native American; Renville was educated by a Roman Catholic priest, and worked as a guide and fur trader; he founded the Fort Renville fur trading post at Lac Qui Parle in 1826, invited missionaries to the area around 1835, and helped them translate the Bible into the Dakota language; he was the lyricist for the hymn "Wakantanka taku nitawa (Many and great, O God)") - http://hymntime.com/tch/bio/r/e/n/renville_jr.htm
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2012-04-30: new
2017-08-11: revised
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