Charboneau, Toussaint b. 1758 d. 1843 Folk Figure. He was born somewhere around Montreal Canada in about 1758. He worked for a British fur trading company before becoming an independent trader with the Hidatsa Indians on the upper Missouri River. When he joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition he was probably 47 years old. It was reported that while he was with the fur trading company he was stabbed by the mother of a girl he was trying to rape. Escaping this incident, he settled with the Hidatsa tribe and remained with them for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd) Mandan Indian Reservation, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA
b. 1758 d. 1843