The Cadottes A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior

The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one particular family, the Cadottes, illuminates the history of trade and trapping while exploring under-researched stories of French-Ojibwe political, social, and economic relations. Multiple generations of Cad...

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Main Author Silbernagel, Robert
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison Wisconsin Historical Society 2020
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Edition1
Subjects
French
Fur trader
Fur traders
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- The Cadotte Family Tree -- Timeline -- Introduction -- 1. Madeline Island and Lake Superior -- 2. Beaver Hats and Steel Traps -- 3. The Ojibwe and the Cadottes -- 4. Snowshoes on the Trail -- 5. The French Arrive -- 6. French Forts on Madeline Island -- 7. Coureurs de Bois and Voyageurs -- 8. Jean-Baptiste Cadot Sr. -- 9. Superior Women -- 10. Vessels of the Lake Superior Fur Trade -- 11. The North West Company -- 12. Grand Portage -- 13. The Itch to Trade -- 14. Jean-Baptiste Cadotte Jr. -- 15. The Sugar Bush -- 16. Michel and Equaysayway: The Early Years -- 17. The Americans Arrive -- 18. Religions Collide -- 19. A Method to Their Marriage -- 20. Lyman Warren's Predicament -- 21. Wild Rice -- 22. Treaty Trials -- 23. New Generations -- 24. Big Changes on the Big Lake -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index