David DeLaunay

David DeLaunay was a French-born resident of St. Louis.

History

DeLaunay led a group of 11 Osage men and one indigenous Indian woman Sacred Sun to France in 1827. Whilst leaving St.Louis, their raft was wrecked causing them to lose all their furs, and half of the Osage decided to return to their village.[1] The others decided to go on and met up with DeLaunay and traveled down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and then New England. Delauney and his crew then sailed for Le Havre, France arriving on July 27 1827 [2]. At first they were greeted with great hospitality and met King Charles X. After a while the local people lost interest and it was hard for DeLaunay to afford food and shelter for the Osage. DeLaunay ended up selling tickets to see the Osage in their hotel rooms, and forcing them to perform a show.[3] Finally, DeLaunay ended up running out of money and could not feed nor support the Osage and was jailed for not paying his bills.[4] This left the Osage to fend for themselves.

References

  1. ↑ "Sacred Sun - Historic Missourians - The State Historical Society of Missouri". shsmo.org. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Sacred Sun - Historic Missourians - The State Historical Society of Missouri". shsmo.org. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  3. ↑ "AAUW Sacred Sun Columbia (MO) Branch". columbia-mo.aauw.net. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Sacred Sun - Historic Missourians - The State Historical Society of Missouri". shsmo.org. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
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