Felix St. Vrain
Felix St. Vrain, born Felix August Antoine St. Vrain (March 23, 1799–May 24, 1832), was an American United States Indian agent who was killed by Native Americans during the Black Hawk War. St. Vrain died along with three companions while on a mission to deliver dispatches from Dixon's Ferry to Fort Armstrong, both in Illinois. The incident has become known as the St. Vrain massacre.
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The grave of Felix St. Vrain. St. Vrain, was a United States Indian Agent and was killed, in an Indian attack, later known as the St. Vrain Massacre, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, the last Indian war in Illinois. | |
| Born | Felix August Antoine Saint-Vrain March 23, 1799 St. Louis, Spanish Upper Louisiana Territory, present-day St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | May 24, 1832 (aged 33) Stephenson County, Illinois, near present-day Pearl City, Stephenson County, Illinois |
| Cause of death | gunshot wound in Indian attack |
| Resting place | Kellogg's Grove Cemetery, Kellogg's Grove, Stephenson County, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | saw mill owner, sawyer, Indian agent |
| Employer | U.S. Government |
| Known for | Being a United States Indian Agent to the Sauk and Fox Tribes, who was killed in the Black Hawk War and was the brother of St. Louis fur trader, Ceran St. Vrain, who was the trading partner, of the Bent Brothers of, Bent's Fort, now La Junta, Otero County, Colorado |
| Spouse | Marie Pauline Gregoire |
| Parent(s) | Jacques Marcellin Ceran de Hault de Lassus Saint-Vrain and Marie Félicité Dubreuil Saint-Vrain |
| Relatives | Ceran St. Vrain (brother), Savinien St. Vrain (brother), Marcellin St. Vrain (brother) Charles Emmanuel St. Vrain (brother), Domitille St Vrain (brother), Emma de Hault Vrain (sister) |
He was the brother of Ceran St. Vrain, a St. Louis fur trader who was the partner of the Bent Brothers. Together they established Bent's Fort, the only privately held fort in the west. It is located at what is now La Junta, Otero County, Colorado.
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