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George Drouillard—Lewis and Clark’s Backcountry Renaissance Man

by PJ DelHomme
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George Droulliard

1775-1809

Lewis and Clark’s backcountry renaissance man, George Drouillard helped the Corps of Discovery navigate, scout, interpret, and, of course, hunt on their exploration West and back again. In his journals, Lewis wrote of Drouillard, “I scarcely know how we would subsist were it not for the exertions of this excellent hunter.” Drouillard hunted all of Montana, from the Breaks of the Upper Missouri River to the dense thickets of the Bitterroot Mountains. He was confident, bordering on cocky, and that’s likely what caused his gruesome death. 

The son of a French Canadian father and Shawnee mother, Drouillard had a foot in both worlds, which made him ideal for the trip up the Missouri. He was 28 when hired on by Lewis and Clark in 1803, and once the Corps returned to St. Louis, Drouillard would venture west again. For four years, he trapped the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. In 1810, trader and entrepreneur Manual Lisa tried to establish a fort where few others dared: the three forks of the Missouri. The land was rich with beaver and patrolled by members of the Blackfeet. After continually being attacked, the trappers, even John Colter, threw up their hands and left. Colter settled in Missouri and became a farmer. Not so for Drouillard.

In early May 1810, he and 21 other trappers set their traps up the Jefferson River, the same river that nearly got John Colter killed. Drouillard did especially well and boasted of his spoils. Yet on that same excursion, not two miles from camp, Drouillard was ambushed. Written historical accounts tell of Drouillard using his horse as a bulwark, but in the end, little was left of his mutilated corpse.

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    • Randy Newberg: Here’s How to Hunt Elk Out West On Your Own
    • Wild Game Recipe: Venison Enchilada Meatballs
    • Seven Tips to Keep Your Wild Game Meat Clean in the Field
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  • Legends
    • Marie Dorion: Tough Momma of Willamette Valley
    • The Life of James Beckwourth
    • George Drouillard—Lewis and Clark’s Backcountry Renaissance Man
    • Montana Pioneer Woman Stagecoach Mary Fields
    • Hugh Glass: The Real Revenant Badass
    • The Surly Life of Jeremiah “Livereatin’ ” Johnson
    • John Wesley Powell: Badass Explorer of the Grand Canyon
    • John Colter: First White Dude to See Yellowstone’s Hell on Earth
    • Who Was Jim Bridger?
    • The Life of James Beckwourth
  • The Wild Life
    • Off Grid
      • Five Ways to Keep Your Off-grid Cabin Secure
    • Bozeman, Montana: How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Mountain Town
    • Chef Kristy Crabtree on Cooking with Wild Game
    • Bozeman, Montana: How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Mountain Town
    • Cure Cabin Fever with…a Rental Cabin
    • #Buglife
    • Load Up With Royal Tine: Montana’s Hunting Guide School
    • Dog Sledding in Montana
  • Conservation
    • Montana’s Love Affair with Invasive Species
    • The Mission Mountain Wilderness Divide

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