Your name is Rene Lemoine-Des Pins ,
son of Rene and Renee St-Pierre
. You are a farmer and a fur-trader.
This past hunting season was very successful. You brought home many
beaver furs and deer hides. Your crops, however, have done poorly
due to the drought of 1752 and
increasingly poor soil conditions. You
are concerned about how much your crops and
furs will bring in New Orleans.
Your cousin, Marie-Louise La Course ,
who has just arrived from France, is expecting the last of her
belongings to arrive in New Orleans. Her brother Louis has asked
you to travel with the convoy down to New Orleans to get
Marie-Louise's belongings. If you go, he has promised to give you a
calf, several hogs, and enough corn to feed your cows, horses, and
pigs through the winter.
You are worried about leaving your young wife alone with the responsibility of the farm. You have only been married a year. Many disastrous things could happen while you are away: flooding or an attack by the Fox and Sauk Indians.
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