Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (1661-1706), was a French soldier, naval captain, and adventurer. He harried the British forces in North America and laid the foundations for Louisiana.

Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'iberville, was born in July 1661 at Montreal, Quebec. Son of a wealthy fur trader ennobled for valiant service, Pierre grew up on the frontier and spent much of his youth voyaging across the Atlantic on his father's supply ship.

In 1686 Iberville accompanied the overland expedition, led by Pierre de Troyes, which captured three Hudson's Bay Company posts in James Bay. Given command of the area in 1688, Iberville defeated an English attempt to recapture the posts. With 16 Canadians he captured 85 Hudson's Bay Company men and returned to Quebec with a rich haul of furs. He suffered defeat on another front, however. In 1688 the Sovereign Council at Quebec found him guilty in a paternity suit.

In February 1690 Iberville...