Manager of the Fur Trading post, at Lapointe. Married Madeline, daughter of Chief White Crane.
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Newspaper article as to burial of Michel Cadotte. Published in "State," Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday, April 21, 1927, on page 4, as follows:
ISLAND GRAVE FOR PIONEER. Michel Cadotte, First Settler of Wisconsin, Buried by Indians. Milwaukee Journal.
The body of the "Great Michel" Cadotte, the pioneer of pioneer farmers in northern Wisconsin, lies in an abandoned Indian cemetery near La Pointe, Wis., on Madeline Island, one of the Apostle group just off the southern shore of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wis.
Michel Cadotte came to Madeline Island about the beginning of the 19th century, having spent his early days in and about the wilderness outpost of Montreal. On the island he built a trading post, near the French fort, and controlled the fur trade in the surrounding region. He did a business of $40,000 annually, at a time when raw furs were ridiculously cheap.
Cadotte fraternized much with the Indians and wooed and won Equaysayway, daughter of White Crane, a powerful Ojibway chief. This marital union brought Cadotte into close relation with the Indians and he became, for them, a sort of demigod and a final court of appeal in the settling of quarrels.
The "Great Michel," as the Indians dubbed him, was not content with operating his fur trade, but took to farming on the side. He brought cattle and horse to the island and cleared a small tract. A visitor to the island in 1826 found Cadotte had two comfortable log houses lathed and plastered, 20 acres of land under intensive cultivation and a small amount of live stock. About the Cadotte home a small settlement grew up and it was one of the first in Wisconsin. Cadotte died in 1837 and was buried in the Indian cemetery where his grave is now unnoticed and neglected."
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Newspaper article as to burial of Michel Cadotte. Published in "State," Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday, April 21, 1927, on page 4, as follows:
ISLAND GRAVE FOR PIONEER. Michel Cadotte, First Settler of Wisconsin, Buried by Indians. Milwaukee Journal.
The body of the "Great Michel" Cadotte, the pioneer of pioneer farmers in northern Wisconsin, lies in an abandoned Indian cemetery near La Pointe, Wis., on Madeline Island, one of the Apostle group just off the southern shore of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wis.
Michel Cadotte came to Madeline Island about the beginning of the 19th century, having spent his early days in and about the wilderness outpost of Montreal. On the island he built a trading post, near the French fort, and controlled the fur trade in the surrounding region. He did a business of $40,000 annually, at a time when raw furs were ridiculously cheap.
Cadotte fraternized much with the Indians and wooed and won Equaysayway, daughter of White Crane, a powerful Ojibway chief. This marital union brought Cadotte into close relation with the Indians and he became, for them, a sort of demigod and a final court of appeal in the settling of quarrels.
The "Great Michel," as the Indians dubbed him, was not content with operating his fur trade, but took to farming on the side. He brought cattle and horse to the island and cleared a small tract. A visitor to the island in 1826 found Cadotte had two comfortable log houses lathed and plastered, 20 acres of land under intensive cultivation and a small amount of live stock. About the Cadotte home a small settlement grew up and it was one of the first in Wisconsin. Cadotte died in 1837 and was buried in the Indian cemetery where his grave is now unnoticed and neglected."
Manager of the Fur Trading post, at Lapointe. Married Madeline, daughter of Chief White Crane.
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Newspaper article as to burial of Michel Cadotte. Published in "State," Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday, April 21, 1927, on page 4, as follows:
ISLAND GRAVE FOR PIONEER. Michel Cadotte, First Settler of Wisconsin, Buried by Indians. Milwaukee Journal.
The body of the "Great Michel" Cadotte, the pioneer of pioneer farmers in northern Wisconsin, lies in an abandoned Indian cemetery near La Pointe, Wis., on Madeline Island, one of the Apostle group just off the southern shore of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wis.
Michel Cadotte came to Madeline Island about the beginning of the 19th century, having spent his early days in and about the wilderness outpost of Montreal. On the island he built a trading post, near the French fort, and controlled the fur trade in the surrounding region. He did a business of $40,000 annually, at a time when raw furs were ridiculously cheap.
Cadotte fraternized much with the Indians and wooed and won Equaysayway, daughter of White Crane, a powerful Ojibway chief. This marital union brought Cadotte into close relation with the Indians and he became, for them, a sort of demigod and a final court of appeal in the settling of quarrels.
The "Great Michel," as the Indians dubbed him, was not content with operating his fur trade, but took to farming on the side. He brought cattle and horse to the island and cleared a small tract. A visitor to the island in 1826 found Cadotte had two comfortable log houses lathed and plastered, 20 acres of land under intensive cultivation and a small amount of live stock. About the Cadotte home a small settlement grew up and it was one of the first in Wisconsin. Cadotte died in 1837 and was buried in the Indian cemetery where his grave is now unnoticed and neglected."
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Newspaper article as to burial of Michel Cadotte. Published in "State," Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday, April 21, 1927, on page 4, as follows:
ISLAND GRAVE FOR PIONEER. Michel Cadotte, First Settler of Wisconsin, Buried by Indians. Milwaukee Journal.
The body of the "Great Michel" Cadotte, the pioneer of pioneer farmers in northern Wisconsin, lies in an abandoned Indian cemetery near La Pointe, Wis., on Madeline Island, one of the Apostle group just off the southern shore of Lake Superior near Ashland, Wis.
Michel Cadotte came to Madeline Island about the beginning of the 19th century, having spent his early days in and about the wilderness outpost of Montreal. On the island he built a trading post, near the French fort, and controlled the fur trade in the surrounding region. He did a business of $40,000 annually, at a time when raw furs were ridiculously cheap.
Cadotte fraternized much with the Indians and wooed and won Equaysayway, daughter of White Crane, a powerful Ojibway chief. This marital union brought Cadotte into close relation with the Indians and he became, for them, a sort of demigod and a final court of appeal in the settling of quarrels.
The "Great Michel," as the Indians dubbed him, was not content with operating his fur trade, but took to farming on the side. He brought cattle and horse to the island and cleared a small tract. A visitor to the island in 1826 found Cadotte had two comfortable log houses lathed and plastered, 20 acres of land under intensive cultivation and a small amount of live stock. About the Cadotte home a small settlement grew up and it was one of the first in Wisconsin. Cadotte died in 1837 and was buried in the Indian cemetery where his grave is now unnoticed and neglected."
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Sacred to the Memory of Michel Cadotte, who departed this life July 8, 1837. Aged 72 years, 11 months, and 16 days.
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