Pierre-Louis de Lorimier
Pierre-Louis de Lorimier | |
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Mississippi River Tales Mural by Tom Melvin | |
| Born | Mar. 1748 |
| Died | 26 June 1812 (aged 64) Cape Girardeau, Missouri Territory, United States |
Pierre-Louis de Lorimier, usually anglicized to Peter Loramie (March 1748 – June 26, 1812), was a colonial French-Canadian fur trader, British Indian agent, and Shawnee agitator. In later years, he founded what became Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties, Missouri. He died in Cape Girardeau and was buried there with his Indian wife.