
Jeffrey Deroine: Ioway translator, frontier diplomat (Notable Missourians)
Colonisation (histoire), Histoire, Biographies, Etats-Unis (histoire), Voyages et géographie, États-Unis (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
While traveling with his master, a fur trader, slave Jeffrey Deroine met and worked with Native American groups, making many friends and learning five languages. A friend bought his freedom so he could work as a translator. He translated for… the Ioway as they negotiated treaties with the government, traveled to Europe with the Ioway and met many famous people, including kings and queens. For grades 4-7