 Bourgmont established Fort Orleans , the first European settlement of any kind on the Missouri River , near present @-@ day Brunswick , Missouri , in 1723 . The following year Bourgmont led an expedition to enlist Comanche support against the Spanish , who continued to show interest in taking over the Missouri . In 1725 Bourgmont brought the chiefs of several Missouri River tribes to visit France . There he was raised to the rank of nobility and did not accompany the chiefs back to North America . Fort Orleans was either abandoned or its small contingent massacred by Native Americans in 1726 . 
 Bourgmont established Fort Orleans , the first European settlement of any kind on the Missouri River , near present @-@ day Brunswick , Missouri , in 1723 . The following year Bourgmont<a href='been_done' title='1'><mark></mark></a> led an expedition to enlist Comanche support against the Spanish , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>continued to show interest in taking over the Missouri . In 1725 Bourgmont brought the chiefs of several Missouri River tribes to visit France . There he was raised to the rank of nobility and did not accompany <a href='None' title='3'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>chiefs</mark></a> back to North America . Fort Orleans was either abandoned or its small contingent massacred by Native Americans in 1726 . 
Bourgmont established Fort Orleans , the first European settlement of any kind on da Missouri River , near present @-@ day Brunswick , Missouri , in 1723 . The following year Bourgmont done led an expedition to enlist Comanche support against the Spanish , continued to show interest in takin ova the Missouri . In 1725 Bourgmont brought the chiefs of several Missouri River tribes to visit France . There he was raised to the rank of nobility and did not accompany no chiefs back to North America . Fort Orleans was either abandoned or its small contingent massacred by Native Americans in 1726 .