1767-Jan.-21: The colonial gazette published an urgent inquiry regarding the whereabouts of Jean Coube, a peddler (pacotilleur) who had been missing for five…

1767-Jan.-21: The colonial gazette published an urgent inquiry regarding the whereabouts of Jean Coube, a peddler (pacotilleur) who had been missing for five months. Last seen in the Ouanaminthe district, he was described as being of average height, dark-complexioned, and blind or poorly seeing in one eye. He traveled with two horses and a stock of white linens, calicoes, and handkerchiefs intended for sale in the interior. This notice highlights the mobile and sometimes hazardous nature of internal trade carried out by individual merchants in the northern frontier.