land owner, merchant, fur trader, Indian agent, explorer
Employer(s)
Missouri Fur Company, US Government
Known for
Spanish American frontiersman, who was co-owner of the Missouri Fur Company and as a United States Indian agent, during the War of 1812, helped to pacify the Teton Sioux, Omaha and Ponca Nations and keep them loyal, in wartime, to America.
Spouse(s)
1) Polly Charles Chew; 2) Mitane (Meetahnay); and 3) Mary Hempstead Keeney
Children
1) children; 2) Rosalie and Christopher;[1] and 3) no children
Signature
Manuel Lisa, also known as Manuel de Lisa (September 8, 1772, in New Orleans Louisiana (New Spain) – August 12, 1820, in St. Louis, Missouri), was a Spanish citizen and later, became an American citizen who, while living on the western frontier, became a land owner, merchant, fur trader, United States Indian agent, and explorer. Lisa was among the founders, in St. Louis, of the Missouri Fur Company, an early fur trading company. Manuel Lisa gained respect through his trading among Native American tribes of the upper Missouri River region, such as the Teton Sioux, Omaha and Ponca.
After being appointed, as US Indian agent, during the War of 1812, Lisa used his standing among the tribes to encourage their alliance with the United States and their warfare against tribes allied with the United Kingdom.[2] While still married to a European-American woman in St. Louis, where he kept a residence, in 1814 Lisa married Mitane, a daughter of Big Elk, the principal chief of the Omaha people, as part of securing their alliance. They had two children together, whom Lisa provided for equally in his will with his children by his other marriage.
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ManuelLisa, also known as Manuel de Lisa (September 8, 1772, in New Orleans Louisiana (New Spain) – August 12, 1820, in St. Louis, Missouri), was a Spanish...
an outpost established by fur trader ManuelLisa. Alternatively it was called either Manuel's Fort or Fort Manuel. It was the first trading post maintained...
explorer ManuelLisa organized an expedition which would lead to the explosive growth of the fur trade in the upper Missouri River country. Lisa and his...
various tribes, an attribute which may have led to his later role with ManuelLisa. Colter never appeared on sick lists, suggesting very advantageous health...
route to the Pacific Ocean. He later worked as a guide and trapper for ManuelLisa on the upper Missouri River, joining his Missouri Fur Company in 1809...
Fur Company (also known as the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company or the ManuelLisa Trading Company) was one of the earliest fur trading companies in St...
rivers by ManuelLisa and his party of traders. Lisa called it Fort Remon for his son, but it was variously known as Lisa's Fort, or Fort Manuel. From this...
[better source needed] He then took a job with ManuelLisa's Missouri Fur Company, and was stationed at Fort ManuelLisa Trading Post in present-day North Dakota...
Regiment. Following the expedition in 1806, he joined St. Louis businessman ManuelLisa on a fur-trading venture to the upper Missouri. In 1808 he and his friend...
early west and would come to know many of them, including Jim Bridger, ManuelLisa, Kit Carson and Andrew Sublette, besides his own father Benito Vázquez...
companies emerged and made large sums of money. Included in these were ManuelLisa of the Missouri Fur Company and John Jacob Astor of the American Fur...
Missouri) was an American fur trader and Indian agent. After the death of ManuelLisa in 1820, Pilcher became the owner and president of the Missouri Fur Company...
Lewis and Clark return from Pacific passing through South Dakota. 1807 ManuelLisa undertakes trade with Indians at head of Missouri. Sergeant Nathaniel...
records in 1823. Fort Lisa, founded by ManuelLisa near present-day Dodge Park in North Omaha was founded in 1812, although Lisa had earlier founded posts...
the Missouri Fur Company under the command of ManuelLisa were encountered on the Missouri River. Lisa reminded Dorion of his pending debt to the company...
Fame. Theodore Link (1850–1923), architect of St. Louis Union Station ManuelLisa (1772–1820), fur trader and explorer Mark Littell (1953–2022), baseball...
British Columbia and Alaska. In the 19th century the Spanish explorer ManuelLisa, first settler of Nebraska, left St. Louis, Missouri to head northwest...
years (1812–40) when the fur trade was active. Fur traders included ManuelLisa, Robert Stuart, William Henry Ashley, Jedediah Smith, William Sublette...
the buildings razed was the "Old Rock House" 1818 home of fur trader ManuelLisa (now occupied by the stairs on the north side of the arch) and the 1819...
match its height. In 1954, Louchheim married Saarinen. Built in 1818 by ManuelLisa, it was St. Louis' oldest standing building when Roosevelt approved the...
Dakota's first recorded tourist. In 1811 he was hosted by fur trader ManuelLisa. In 1817, an American fur trading post was set up at present-day Fort...
first recorded tourist to present-day South Dakota, hosted by fur trader ManuelLisa. Henry was appointed deputy attorney general and district judge of Louisiana...
August 9 – Anders Sparrman, Swedish naturalist (b. 1748) August 12 – ManuelLisa, Spanish-born American fur trader (b. 1772) September 2 – Jiaqing Emperor...
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