Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Louis Annance, a St. Francis Indian from the Abenaki village in Odanak, Quebec, was a guide who lived in the Greenville area. He gained fame as one of Henry David Thoreau's guides through the Maine Woods.
He was born August 25, 1794 and died December 15, 1875.
About This Item
- Title: Louis Annance, Greenville, ca. 1870
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Greenville, Piscataquis County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: 974.1 SP 72, vol. VIII, Sprague's Journal
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Abenaki Indians
- Annance, Louis, 1794-1875--Portraits
- Guides & scouts--Maine--Greenville
- Indians of North America--Maine
People
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