Who Is George Drouillard's Argumentative Essay

Hello, I would like to introduce myself. I am George Drouillard, but most people refer to me as Drewyer. I was recruited by my fellow friend, Captain Meriwether Lewis for the amazing journey along the Missouri River, which is known as the Corps of Discovery. I was a hunter, interpreter, pilot, diplomat, tracker, horse trader, negotiator, and messenger. We all knew this wasn't going to be an easy task; however, we were willing to sacrifice our lives. I am going to show you the uphills and the downhills along this expedition. This was an extremely successful journey for me, but many things did not go as planned. Before the expedition, I lived like any ordinary native. I was born into the Shawnee nation on September 27, 1775 along the Detroit River to my Shawnee Indian mother, Asoundechris Flat Head. My father, Pierre Drouillard was a French Canadian who was employed by the British as a trader and interpreter. (Denissen, Christian. (1987). Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region. Detroit Society for Genealogical Research.) We lived in the Tennessee River Valley, until white settlers pushed us out. I then moved with my mom to the Cape Girardeau Area, …show more content…
After coming back from the bizarre trip to Fort Mandan I was sent with three other to transport some buffalo meat that was stored away downriver. We then headed down river on the ice with two sleighs, three horses, and a young horse to where the hunting team stores the meat in log cribs, which was meant to help protect it. One evening we were all attacked by over 100 SIOUX INDIANS!! They took our sleigh horses and a majority of our weapons. I recommend that we held our fire, which was the best decision we could have made. They gathered just the right amount to where they were satisfied with and could successfully say they stole from 4 powerful white men. We were already short of supplies, but we were safe and the meat was later