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          First peace council and alliance in Oklahoma between a European nation and Indian tribes held here at a Tawakoni village by Comdt Bernard De La Harpe.

          I'm reading the journals of Bernard de La Harpe, the French commander who set up a trading post on the Red River north of Natchitoches in!

          Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe

          French explorer

          Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe[1][2] (4 February in Saint-Malo – 26 September ) was a French explorer who is credited with using the name "Little Rock" in for a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River used by early travelers as a landmark.

          Little Rock, Arkansas was subsequently named for the landmark.

          La Harpe was the first known French explorer to set foot in the future state of Oklahoma.

          Michael Mares, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Various groups of the Wichita met with the Frenchman, Bernard de La Harpe, in

        1. Peter Henry De La Harpe (Hendrik Ludwig, Jacques Elie, Jean Rudolphe, Mattieu Henri, Jean Baptiste, Jean) was born 29 Nov He died 7 Jan
        2. I'm reading the journals of Bernard de La Harpe, the French commander who set up a trading post on the Red River north of Natchitoches in
        3. An analysis of the relationship between martyrdom and warfare in.
        4. 1, Bernard de la Harpe took an exploratory trip up the Arkansas River in search of gold and silver in , and rumors of wealth brought French and German.

          5. Explorations in Oklahoma

          In , La Harpe left France, along with 40 men, and established a trading post in April on the Red River near what is now Texarkana, Texas. This was near the center of the Caddo Confederacy.

          La Harpe hoped to establish trade relationships with more distant and unknown Indian tribes and, thus, on 11 August , he set off with 9 men, including 3 Caddo guides, and 22 horses loaded with trade goods to visit a Wichita village to the northwest.[3] (This same year, another French