Terrez, also known as Mary L. Nadeau,
was born to Kougema, an Ottawa head man; and Monee, a Prairie Potawatomi.
Terrez was adopted by Joseph Bailly. She used many names during her lifetime;
including Therese LaVigne, Therese Bailly, Martha Shields, Mary Rousseau, and
Mah-nee. She was an outstanding Indian student at the Carey Mission, going on
to earn a college degree from Worthington Academy in Ohio. She became a skilled
trader, dealing with the Potawatomi at Nottawseppi Reservation in Michigan. In
1840, Terrez followed the forced migration of the Potawatomi to Kansas,
establishing a trading post and ferry on the early Oregon Trail. Her trading
post flourished for many years beyond her lifetime, in loose association with
her brothers-in-law and the Pierre Chouteau Company of St Louis, then
subsequently owned and managed by her son. She is remembered as an unusually
refined lady of the frontier, an exquisite conversationalist, a brilliant
businesswoman, and a distinct credit to the Potawatomi of the Prairie.
Contributed by Dave #47356407
was born to Kougema, an Ottawa head man; and Monee, a Prairie Potawatomi.
Terrez was adopted by Joseph Bailly. She used many names during her lifetime;
including Therese LaVigne, Therese Bailly, Martha Shields, Mary Rousseau, and
Mah-nee. She was an outstanding Indian student at the Carey Mission, going on
to earn a college degree from Worthington Academy in Ohio. She became a skilled
trader, dealing with the Potawatomi at Nottawseppi Reservation in Michigan. In
1840, Terrez followed the forced migration of the Potawatomi to Kansas,
establishing a trading post and ferry on the early Oregon Trail. Her trading
post flourished for many years beyond her lifetime, in loose association with
her brothers-in-law and the Pierre Chouteau Company of St Louis, then
subsequently owned and managed by her son. She is remembered as an unusually
refined lady of the frontier, an exquisite conversationalist, a brilliant
businesswoman, and a distinct credit to the Potawatomi of the Prairie.
Contributed by Dave #47356407
Terrez, also known as Mary L. Nadeau,
was born to Kougema, an Ottawa head man; and Monee, a Prairie Potawatomi.
Terrez was adopted by Joseph Bailly. She used many names during her lifetime;
including Therese LaVigne, Therese Bailly, Martha Shields, Mary Rousseau, and
Mah-nee. She was an outstanding Indian student at the Carey Mission, going on
to earn a college degree from Worthington Academy in Ohio. She became a skilled
trader, dealing with the Potawatomi at Nottawseppi Reservation in Michigan. In
1840, Terrez followed the forced migration of the Potawatomi to Kansas,
establishing a trading post and ferry on the early Oregon Trail. Her trading
post flourished for many years beyond her lifetime, in loose association with
her brothers-in-law and the Pierre Chouteau Company of St Louis, then
subsequently owned and managed by her son. She is remembered as an unusually
refined lady of the frontier, an exquisite conversationalist, a brilliant
businesswoman, and a distinct credit to the Potawatomi of the Prairie.
Contributed by Dave #47356407
was born to Kougema, an Ottawa head man; and Monee, a Prairie Potawatomi.
Terrez was adopted by Joseph Bailly. She used many names during her lifetime;
including Therese LaVigne, Therese Bailly, Martha Shields, Mary Rousseau, and
Mah-nee. She was an outstanding Indian student at the Carey Mission, going on
to earn a college degree from Worthington Academy in Ohio. She became a skilled
trader, dealing with the Potawatomi at Nottawseppi Reservation in Michigan. In
1840, Terrez followed the forced migration of the Potawatomi to Kansas,
establishing a trading post and ferry on the early Oregon Trail. Her trading
post flourished for many years beyond her lifetime, in loose association with
her brothers-in-law and the Pierre Chouteau Company of St Louis, then
subsequently owned and managed by her son. She is remembered as an unusually
refined lady of the frontier, an exquisite conversationalist, a brilliant
businesswoman, and a distinct credit to the Potawatomi of the Prairie.
Contributed by Dave #47356407
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