Jean La Lime

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title: Jean La Lime
text: Jean La Lime or Lalime was a trader from Quebec, Canada who worked in what became the Northwest Territory of the United States. He worked as an agent for William Burnett, also of Canada, to sell to the Native Americans and take furs in exchange. He was among the first European permanent settlers in Chicago. He was killed there in 1812, in what was called the "first murder in Chicago", by John Kinzie, a trading partner of Burnett who was another early settler from Canada.
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description: American trader and murder victim
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_La_Lime
date created: 2004-10-20T17:51:12Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T09:35:46Z
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