had changed since his previous expeditions. The Comanche had become hostile. They robbed Mallet of his trade goods. When Mallet arrived in New Mexico, the Spanish accused the French of selling guns to the Comanche and Mallet was arrested, jailed, and subsequently sent to Mexico City from where he may have been sent to prison in Cuba or Spain. He disappears from the historical record. His brother Paul died in 1753. Influence Neither the French nor the Spanish made much use of the extensive geographic knowledge that the Mallet brothers acquired in their travels. It was not until the nineteenth century that the geography of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle became known. The Canadian River in Oklahoma acquired its name because of the explorations made there by the Mallets and other French-Canadians. References Canadian explorers French explorers of North America People of pre-statehood New Mexico People of New France Sibling duos Explorers of the United States People from Kaskaskia, Illinois