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of the Warreconne River (Beaver Creek) on the Missouri, in southern North Dakota, where he set up a protectorate over the Rees. He compelled them to pay him tribute in corn and horses and furs, which enabled him to live in great ease and splendor, and in consideration of this he protected the Rees from the Sioux tribes. He died in 1848 and was buried on the east bank of the Missouri River opposite Fort Rice in North Dakota.