Born: 1779, Ka­po­sia (just be­low Mount Trem­peau­leau, south of St. Paul), Min­ne­so­ta.

Died: March 3, 1846, at home in Lac Qui Parle, Min­ne­so­ta.

Buried: On the bluff over­look­ing Fort Ren­ville 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 In­dian lang­uage.

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  1. Wakantanka taku nitawa