Pierre-Louis de Lorimier

Pierre-Louis de Lorimier
Mississippi River Tales Mural by Tom Melvin
BornMar. 1748
Died26 June 1812(1812-06-26) (aged 64)

Pierre-Louis de Lorimier, usually anglicized to Peter Loramie (March 1748 – June 26, 1812), was a colonial French-Canadian fur trader, British Indian agent, and ally of the Shawnee. In later years, he founded what became Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties, Missouri. He died in Cape Girardeau and was buried there with his Native American wife.