He brought the great Amerindian nation of the Dakotas into direct relations with the French.

He was absolutely fearless, and in no period of Canadian history has France been more splendidly represented in the personality of any of her officers than she was by Daniel de Greysolon du L'Hut.

His was a tiresome name for English scribes and speakers.

It was therefore written by them "Duluth" and pronounced D[)a]l[)a]th (instead of "Dueluet").

It is the name given to the township near the southernmost extremity of Lake Superior.
When the journeys of du L'Hut came to an end--he died at Montreal in 1710--and after the era of great French explorations in North America drew to a close, the French power was beginning to be eclipsed by that of the British, who were building up the foundations of a colony on the shores of Hudson's Bay, and were taking steps to acquire Newfoundland and to colonize New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Nevertheless, in 1720, the King of France, or rather the regent acting for the king, decided that a serious attempt must be made to discover the Western Sea, or Pacific Ocean, from the French posts which had been established in what is now known as Manitoba.