Brouillette Creek, pronounced “Brew-yet,” flows through southern Vermillion County and joins the Wabash River in northern Vigo County; it is named for Michel Brouillette, a French fur trader from Vincennes. Michel Brouillette Sr. came to Vincennes from Quebec in 1761 and established a trading post near the confluence of Brouillette Creek and the Wabash to conduct fur trade with local natives. As a member of the Vincennes militia, he was involved in events surrounding Fort Sackville, Henry Hamilton, and George Rogers Clark in 1778. His son, Michel Brouillette, born in Vincennes in 1774, continued the fur trade with the Miami and Kickapoo in the area and served as a translator and scout for William Henry Harrison during land treaty negotiations and the Indian uprisings that led to the Battle of Tippecanoe.