Pichette was no doubt one of the men reported to Spanish authorities by Indians of interior California in 182 1 as "white men clad in leather and armed with long rifles." Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of California (San Francisco, 1880), II, 445. Pichette was accompanied in 1832-33 by an Indian consort who became his wife. "February 3, 1840, Louis Pichette, called Dupre, formerly of St. Onis, Montreal, and Margaret Bercier were married. Said spouses recognized for their legitimate children Louis aged seven and one half years, Dominique, aged two and one half years. Rose, aged one year and six months and Esther aged one month and four days. He recognized also Edward for his illegitimate child, aged nine years." St. James Church, Vancouver, Washington, parish records, op. cit. "Louis Pichette had twenty- one offspring." Bancroft, History of Oregojj, I, 74.
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A. Longtain— Andre Longtain*, a trapper. Oregon Index, p. 411; West, loc. cit. A wife and three children are included in the sick list. Some de- scendants still live near French Prairie, and a great granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur LaRue, is a resident of Berkeley, Cahf ornia.
A. Masseau—A trapper. The name may be Moisseau, Majean, Moisan, Mo- yeau, Masson*, or Muslar.
/. Roquebin—SovnQXivats Work spells the name Rocquebin, or Rocque- brin. It may even be Rayburn*, Reyhn, or Rougebin. A wife and at least one child accompanied him, according to the sick list.
/. Favel—Th& name may be Faul*. The sick list shows that a wife and a little girl were with him.
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C. Plante— Charles Plante*, or Plant, a half-breed trapper who sometimes acted as scout for the brigade. He was accompanied by his Indian wife, three children, and an Indian, according to the sick list. See also Oregon Index, p. 577; and West, loc. cit.
C. Rondeau— Charles Rondeau*, one of two brothers who accompanied Work. His wife and two children are included in the sick list. H. B. C. List, No. 1090, 1823-24; Oregon Index, p. 633; West, loc. cit. Rondeau acted as guide for Hall Kelley in 1834. Fred Wilbur Powell, ed.. Hall J. Kelley on Oregon (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1932), p. 141.
L. Rondeau—Louis Rondeau*, a trapper; accompanied by his wife, a child, and an Indian, according to the sick list. H. B. C. List, No. 1070, 1823- 24;Oregon/72(i^x,p. 633. "An Agreement . . . between Edw. M. Kern, Com- manding U. States forces at Fort Sacramento (on the part of the United States) on one part and M. Rondeau, M. Morrison, M. McGilveray, M. Hitchcock, M. Meadows, M. Pillett, M. Morea, Baptiste an Indian, on the
