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Pedro Vial Pedro Vial, or Pierre Vial, (born ca. 1746, Lyon, France—died October 1814, Santa Fe, New Mexico), was a French explorer and frontiersman who lived among the Comanche and Wichita Indians for many years. He later worked for the Spanish government as a peacemaker, guide, and interpreter. He blazed trails across the Great Plains to connect the Spanish and French settlements in Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, and Louisiana. He led three Spanish expeditions that attempted unsuccessfully to intercept and halt the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ==Blacksmith with the Indians==
Vial comes to the notice of history in 1779 when he visited Natchitoches and New Orleans, Louisiana. He was described by Spanish authorities as a "gunsmith...who usually lives among the savage nations."〔Loomis, Noel M. and Nasatir, Abraham P. ''Pedro Vial and the Roads to Santa Fe'' Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967, p. 264〕 At that time, he had already lived for several years with the Taovaya, a Wichita tribe in their twin villages on the Red River at Spanish Fort, Texas and in Jefferson County, Oklahoma. Vial spoke French, Wichita and halting Spanish. He communicated with the Comanche in Wichita which many of them spoke〔Chipman, Donald E. and Joseph, Harriet Denise, ''Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas'' Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999, p. 213-215〕 The Spanish were suspicious about the activities of Vial, a Frenchman, and tried unsuccessfully to prevent him from living among the Indians.〔John, Elizabeth A. H., "Inside the Comancheria, 1785: The Diary of Pedro Vial and Francisco Xavier Chaves", ''Texas State Historical Association'' http://www.tshaonline.org/shqonline/apager.php?vol=098&pag=051, accessed 1 Jan 2012〕
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