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 Beckoning Call - Kevin Lajiness
 Can I Get A Witness - Kevin Lajiness
 Owwowwoww - Kevin Lajiness
 I Walked The Walk In Front Of Me - Kevin Lajiness
 I'm Standing In Front of You - Kevin Lajiness
 Hey hey - Kevin Lajiness
 Oh Jesus The Man's Man - Kevin Lajiness
 Oh Whats Wrong With Me - Kevin Lajiness
 The Changes Of Time - Kevin Lajiness
 I Kiss The Earth - Kevin Lajiness
 Blow Me Down - Kevin Lajiness
 I Can See Right Through You - Kevin Lajiness
 The Power - Kevin Lajiness
 What's it Gona Take - Kevin Lajiness

Miracle Water

Play A Jango

a uw a uw I ah I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a a a uw a uw I ah I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a a
Terrapin turtles and dragon flies a world of wonder what’s became of us and still the children cry politicians blunder environmental disasters its no wonder were still alive it will take a miracle for us to survive I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a a a uw a uw I ah I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a a If I could move mountains and part the water I would do IT for the world to be at peace and survive another day as I search for perfection in an imperfect world the days run together loosing track of what ever If I ever get there it will be a miracle this time miracle waters flood the bay wash all mankind’s sins away so we may survive another day I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a a a uw a uw I ah I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a a Terrapin turtles and dragon flies a world of wonder what’s became of us and still the children cry politicians blunder environmental disasters its no wonder were still alive it will take a miracle for us to survive If I could move mountains and part the water I would do IT for the world to be at peace and survive another day I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a a a uw a uw I ah I I uw I ah I I uw I ah a a a a aas I search for perfection in an imperfect world the days run together loosing track of what ever If I ever get there it will be a miracle this time miracle waters flood the bay wash all mankind’s sins away so we may survive another day time miracle waters flood the bay wash all mankind’s sins away so we may survive another day

Indian Hawk Prophacy

[00:07.20]I take my authority from the natural order of things
[00:15.37] Indian prophecy what is right for this time
[00:21.38] What is right for his land
[00:25.78]There is a time and a beginning and an end
[00:31.50] The natural order for all living things
[00:37.67] Even the earth the mountain and the sea are alive
[00:43.61]At one with humanity it is sacred it is divine
[00:55.72]Left to live and to die this is the way the cycle of life to say
[01:07.47]One god whatever he be to some a higher power
[01:15.44]In time all things are purified made clean
[01:23.70] This is the way one god whatever he be
[01:31.39]All things are part of the spirit and the spirit lives on
[01:38.98]And we live in that spirituality
[01:47.23]I take my authority from the natural order of things
[01:55.76] Indian prophecy what is right for this time
[02:01.55]What is right for his land there is a time and a beginning
[02:10.07] And an end the natural order for all living things
[02:17.75] Even the earth the mountain and the sea are alive
[02:24.91]At one with humanity it is sacred it is divine
[02:36.10] Left to live and to die this is the way the cycle of life to say
[02:47.57]One god whatever he be to some a higher power
[02:59.36] In time all things are purified made clean
[03:06.30] This is the way one god whatever he be
[03:13.95]All things are part of the spirit and the spirit lives on
[03:22.17]And we live in that spirituality
[03:30.04]I take my authority from the natural order of things

"I Want To Follow You" By Kevin Lajiness

I want to follow you I want to follow you
 In the misty air I see a hallow there
Is that the Sun trying to shine through
I want to follow you I don’t know where I belong
 But I am drawn to you I reach my arm out to you,
 I want to be your friend. I think I know what your about and I agree
 You are wiser than me someone has taught you the ways of life
 All that I know has come to me by reason and rhyme
 The patterns of nature if you will I find myself at your side
 I wish there was something I can give you but all that I have is part of me but I can promise I am true sometime I feel like I caught
Between a rock and a hard place I’m in two different places at the same time
But for now I will stay where I am but I am listening to you I hear you Calling out and if you want me to cry out for you I will put it in a song

Ibis in the Sunset take flight

"The Best Songs" Kevin Lajiness

"Echo Maker" Kevin Lajiness

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We are the great river children of them that forged a bond
And we are the bond for our future
Our fathers like crane and echo maker
Brought peace and prosperity trade throughout the territory
With their alliance our fathers new honor and wisdom
And humbled themselves to bring order through the great creator
You can here the rhythm of the men threw the songs that they
Sing as they carry their furs down the river
It was haunty but inviting and the bond brought forth a new nation
That spread across a continent but all that brings war
Nearly destroyed the new nation and the conflict changed it forever
But it survived even today it thrives but lacks spirituality
And its identity and I pray for it now to rise up again and bring the bonds that were made once back together so that we can be a family once more amen We are the great river children of them that forged a bond
And we are the bond for our future
Our fathers like crane and echo maker
Brought peace and prosperity trade throughout the territory
With their alliance our fathers new honor and wisdom
And humbled themselves to bring order through the great creator
You can here the rhythm of the men threw the songs that they
Sing as they carry their furs down the river
It was haunty but inviting and the bond brought forth a new nation
That spread across a continent but all that brings war
Nearly destroyed the new nation and the conflict changed it forever
But it survived even today it thrives but lacks spirituality
And its identity and I pray for it now to rise up again and bring the bonds that were made once back together so that we can be a family once more amen

"Indian Woman" Kevin Lajiness

I didn’t know I was looking for you Till you found me I want to know everything about you your fascinating to me I know what you say is true your and Indian woman your simply the best you rise above all the rest I say to you don’t change who you are Its just not me who sees you as a star I know your proud of your culture and where you came from It says something about you that you keep the light shining inside and you pass it on to the next generation Indian woman with shoulders that are broad you carry the weight of a nation I wish you the best I didn’t know I was looking for you Till you found me I want to know everything about you your fascinating to me I know what you say is true your and Indian woman your simply the best you rise above all the rest I say to you don’t change who you are Its just not me who sees you as a star I know your proud of your culture and where you came from It says something about you that you keep the light shining inside and you pass it on to the next generation Indian woman with shoulders that are broad you carry the weight of a nation I wish you the best

"Joined as One Forever" Kevin Lajiness

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I woke up in a sweat last night
I had a vision it was a terrible sight
 I took a journey and they showed me of there plight
 I saw two hands joined together by the great creator
 It spanned an ocean and a continent
Then there was a great fight that
Crossed the ocean and a continent
Two kingdoms come from it
 But one was left in the dust and ashes
Too rise from the two that were left for it was born
 Of love not war no man should forget the children
Of those that cried there fathers that died
 That they were joined as one but live in two kingdoms
 Give thanks to the one he has blessed the children
I woke up in a sweat last night I had a vision it was a terrible sight
I took a journey and they showed me of there plight
 I saw two hands joined together by the great creator
 It spanned an ocean and a continent then there was a great fight
 That crossed the ocean and a continent
Two kingdoms come from it but one was left in the dust and ashes
 To rise from the two that were left for it was born of love not war
 No man should forget the children of those that cried
 There fathers that died that they were joined as one
 But live in two kingdoms give thanks to the one
 He has blessed the children

"I Dont Give A Dam Anymore" Kevin Lajiness

It’s my life you been playing with and you never gave a damn about what I did
If you did you wouldn’t be trying to pull the rug out on me
It’s my life you been playing with and you never gave a damn about what I did if you did you wouldn’t be trying to pull the rug out on me but I’m not playing that games and I never did I’m a man who does what I say and I know what I did, I don’t need your approval I don’t even need your support but you said it once that should have been enough for me I don’t think anyone cares
Well I’m not just anyone to me and I did give a damn but you’ll never know what could have been cause I’m caving in so it’s true what you say now I don’t think anyone cares now cause I’m done caring for you now I don’t give a damn
It’s my life you been playing with and you never gave a damn about what I did if you did you wouldn’t be trying to pull the rug out on me but I’m not playing that games and I never did I’m a man who does what I say and I know what I did, I don’t need your approval I don’t even need your support but you said it once that should have been enough for me I don’t think anyone cares
Well I’m not just anyone to me and I did give a damn but you’ll never know what could have been cause I’m caving in so it’s true what you say now I don’t think anyone cares now cause I’m done caring for you now I don’t give a damn
It’s my life you been playing with and you never gave a damn about what I did if you did you wouldn’t be trying to pull the rug out on me but I’m not playing that games and I never did I’m a man who does what I say and I know what I did, I don’t need your approval I don’t even need your support but you said it once that should have been enough for me I don’t think anyone cares
Well I’m not just anyone to me and I did give a damn but you’ll never know what could have been cause I’m caving in

"Turn Back The Hands Of Time" Kevin Lajiness

Play At Jango
Everything that’s been said has been said before
Everything that’s been said has been said before
Everything that’s been said has been said before
Problem with white man He talks out both sides of his mouth
And he throws common sense out the door
The Indian way had evolved the laws of Life and the ways of Nature
Their teaching every phrase of thought and action from the sacredness of self
To the duty of each man toward his brother they warned us our ways of life
Leads to the destruction of our mother, turn back the hands of time
And follow you brother, turn back the hands of time and follow your brother
Turn back the hands of time and follow your brother It’s not to late to save our mother
Everything that’s been said has been said before
Everything that’s been said has been said before
Everything that’s been said has been said before
Problem with white man He talks out both sides of his mouth
And he throws common sense out the door
The Indian way had evolved the laws of Life and the ways of Nature
Their teaching every phrase of thought and action from the sacredness of self
To the duty of each man toward his brother they warned us our ways of life
Leads to the destruction of our mother, turn back the hands of time
And follow you brother, turn back the hands of time and follow your brother
Turn back the hands of time and follow your brother It’s not to late to save our mother

Treaty With Wyandot, Etc., 1795: The General Boundry Line

Detroit Early 1700 and surrounding

Fountain Photo By Buck Cash http://www.panoramio.com/user/31761 Buck Cash

Location of the Ancient Wyandot (Huron) and Maumee River valley Indians

http://americanindianshistory.blogspot.com/ "The Wyandots, Miamis, Shawnees, Delawares, Ottawas, Chippewas and Potawatomi. These were the seven tribes known in after years as the "western confederacy," who fought so long and bitterly against the government of the United States, and who were at last conquered by the arms and genius of General Anthony Wayne in the year 1794.

The Ottawas, Chippewas and Potawatomi formed a sort of loose confederacy known as the Three Fires, and Massas, a Chippewa chief, so referred to them at the Treaty of Greenville.

The Miamis, the most powerful of the confederates, were subdivided into the Eel Rivers, the Weas, and the Piankeshaws. The Kickapoos, a small tribe which lived on the Sangamon, and the Vermilion of the Wabash, were associated generally with the Potawatomi, and were always the allies of the English. The Winnebagoes of Wisconsin were of the linguistic family of the Sioux; were [Pg 45]generally associated with the confederates against the Americans, and many of their distinguished warriors fought against General Harrison at Tippecanoe. The decadent tribes known in early times as the Illinois, did not play a conspicuous part in the history of the northwest.—A description of the seven tribes of savages who opposed the advance of settlement in the Northwest. Their location. Kekionga, the seat of Miami power.

Miami Indian Picture Gallery"  Under Construction

24 - HISTORY OF HENRY AND FULTON COUNTIES.

When the impartial historian reviews the beauties and attractions of this country, the ease with
which the Indian could subsist, the sport of hunting and fishing, of paddling his frail bark canoe
across lakes and on the streams, running the rapids of the swift rivers upon whose banks their
villages were usually situated, where their children, in the limpid waters, sported like dolphins in
the long summer days, and the hunter slaked his thirst at the bubbling spring of pure, cold water
that could be found bursting from the banks, and the thousand attractions natural to the civilized
or savage man, who would not contend for such a country ? Would not civilized and cultured
man ? Surely the North American Indian might be pardoned, if not exonerated for fighting for his
home, his council fires and the graves of his fathers, that had not been already desecrated by the
foot of the stranger.

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Indian Interpreter

What Do We Know About White Mans Ways

William Penn: America’s First Great Champion for Liberty and Peace | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty

"The only Reason I Bring up William Penn is to show as in Early Detroit Natives Friendship and Marriage was sought to Strengthen ties for Fur trade Dynastic Families, Penn's Experiment was the result of Religious Reformation and freedom. The Quakers believed it brotherly love, and to prove this Philadelphia was not fortified against the Indians and friendship was encouraged by him, obviously this did not last"-KL
William Penn: America’s First Great Champion for Liberty and Peace | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty: "In October 1712, Penn suffered a stroke while writing a letter about the future of Pennsylvania. Four months later, he suffered a second stroke.

While he had difficulty speaking and writing, he spent time catching up with his children whom he had missed during his missionary travels. He died on July 30, 1718. He was buried at Jordans, next to Guli.

Long before his death, Pennsylvania ceased to be a spiritual place dominated by Quakers. Penn’s policy of religious toleration and peace—no military conscription—attracted all kinds of war-weary European immigrants. There were English, Irish, and Germans, Catholics, Jews, and an assortment of Protestant sects including Dunkers, Huguenots, Lutherans, Mennonites, Moravians, Pietists, and Schwenkfelders. Liberty brought so many immigrants that by the American Revolution Pennsylvania had grown to some 300,000 people and became one of the largest colonies. Pennsylvania was America’s first great melting pot.

Philadelphia was America’s largest city with almost 18,000 people. It was a major commercial center—sometimes more than a hundred trading ships anchored there during a single day. People in Philadelphia could enjoy any of the goods available in England. Merchant companies, shipyards, and banks flourished. Philadelphia thrived as an entrepot between Europe and the American frontier.

With an atmosphere of liberty, Philadelphia emerged as an intellectual center. Between 1740 and 1776, Philadelphia presses issued an estimated 11,000 works including pamphlets, almanacs, and books. In 1776, there were seven newspapers reflecting a wide range of opinions. No wonder Penn’s “city of brotherly love” became the most sacred site for American liberty, where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and delegates drafted the Constitution."

"Once Penn received his charter he realized--or at least was informed--that much of the land he wanted was held by Indians who would expect payment

 in exchange for a quitclaim to vacate the territory. The tribe he would have to deal with most often was the Delaware (Leni Lenape), who had never been defeated militarily by the Swedes or the Dutch. Penn, not surprisingly, had no military ambitions; he even refused to fortify Philadelphia. As such, the only practical and legal way to get their land and secure their friendship was the treaty

(201) We do know that Penn did buy much land, so must have made at least one such agreement, instituting what was known in Indian terminology as a 'chain of friendship'. And there do exist several references to this chain being made between Penn and the Delaware."

From <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/penn/pnind.html> 

Cross In the Road by Kevin Lajiness

SansCrainte Timeline

1723 Jean Baptiste Romain Dit Sanscrainte b: May 16, in Montreal, Canada

1754 Married: 25 FEB in Montréal, QC Suzanne-Amable DENIAU

1754 Jean Baptiste Romain dit Sanscrainte b. probably Laprairie

1760,January 7, JEAN ROMAIN DIT SANSCRAINTE witnesses the mutual consent ofthe nuptial benediction to michel Boier and to josette marguerite de lignon at michilimakinak

1760 October 9 Jacque(one source says female) Sans Crainte born to Jean Baptiste Sans Crainte and Indian slave michilimakinak

1761 jean romain dit Sanscrainte witnesses, the mutual consent of pierre duprés and of marie joseph carignan at michilimakinak July 18,

1765 Jean Baptiste Sanscrainte (John Soncrant) came from Quebec ( this would have been the father the son would have only been 11 years old and the date may be right for when he set up the post but he was in Michilimackinac as early as 1760 and up to 1795 as noted by Greenville treaty notes –Kevin Lajiness) and settled on the north bank of the Huron river(Detroit Area) at present day West Jefferson. He sold this property to Gabriel Godfroy in 1796- Rockwood, The Huron River, Patricia Quick, Rockwood Area Historical Society

1778 Margaret Solo m.Jean Baptiste7 Romain dit Sanscrainte, bap 24 Dec 1754 Montréal PQ; ma 13 Oct Detroit MI

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[1785 (should be 1778) John B. Sancraint (SansCrainte). Marriage To Margaret Soleau (Solo) Died 1838

The Corect date for the marriage is 1778 as listed above and with Tanquay

• Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 (in French)]

  

"From The History of Monroe County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its ..., Volume 1

 By John McClelland "

"He was an interpreter as was his father as far as assisting in the removal it was probably in that capacity he was certainly on the side of the Indians his wife was raised by "Marie Mannon" suppose daughter of Pontiac's he also faught with Pontiacs son and was captured at "the fall of Sackville, any way there is much more conflicting with this history that i cant find elswhere -KL"   

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1779 Serjeant Sanscrainte, whose father (who had come with Clarke from the Ilinois) at that instant stepping up raised the muzzle and obtained his son's life by applying to Colol. Clarke

1779 Jean Baptiste Romain dit Sanscrainte was deeded land on Rivire-au-Loutre (Otter Creek) in by the Potawatomies

1786,15, May Deed from Potawatomie for land on the River Raisin; signed by 5 Indians with totems; witnessed by J. B. Sanscrainte and Francois Navarre. From Labadie Family Papers. (This is attributed to both Jean Baptiste Sanscrainte 1749-1822(I question these dates) and Jean Baptiste Romain dit Sanscrainte b.1754)

1790 Explorer Hugh Heward’s journal describes a

trading post, operated by Jean Baptiste Sanscriante, in near the Potawatomi settlement

Moravian indians

1795 (Nov 9 1810 –fifteen years ago) the late surveyor, McNiff came up the Huron with Sanscrainte the interpreter to survey land by order of John Askins

1795-No prisoners remain in our hands in the neighborhood of Michilimackinac. Those two Frenchmen present (Messieurs Sans Crainte and Pepin,) can witness to the truth of this assertion " (Indian to general Wayne)

In 2020 Ypsilanti

VISION FOR 2020
In 2020 Ypsilanti enjoys its rich cultural and architectural heritage, the end-result of centuries of historic migrations to this ancient river
crossing. Native American, European American and African American groups settled here, each with a distinct and venerable history.
Paleo-Indian ancestors of Native American tribes lived in Michigan as early as 1200 B.C.1, 2 In 1772, an English officer’s report
describes a small Native American Bodewadimi (“Potawatomi”) settlement on the banks of the Huron River, situated near the
intersection of the Potawatomi and Sauk Indian trails, location of present-day Ypsilanti.3 Explorer Hugh Heward’s journal describes a
trading post, operated by Jean Baptiste Sanscriante, in 1790 near the Potawatomi settlement (today the Riverside Arts Center Annex).3
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Gabriel Godfroy subsequently acquired the trading post from Sanscriante, and submitted a French Claim in 1808 to protect his rights to
the trading post and property.3 European Americans established a settlement here in 1823 and Ypsilanti’s first African American
settlers joined the community in 1837 and 1838.

RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Lyons: "# ID: I0313

ID: I0311 Name: Claude SOLO 1 Sex: M Birth: 21 SEP 1732 in Montreal, Quebec Death: ABT. 29 JAN 1799 in St. Antoine, River Raisin, Michigan Event: Burial Date 29 JAN 1799 St. Antoine, River Raisin Religion: Catholic Note: Claude Solo became involved or married a Sauteuse Indian woman after the death of Margaret Descomps dit Labadie. The Sauteuse Indian woman gave birth in 1770 to Claude's third son, John Baptiste as a result of their relationship. Father: Peter Henry SOLO Mother: Ann Teresa GAMELIN b: 2 FEB 1707 in St. Francis du Lac Marriage 1 Sauteuse INDIAN Children John Baptist SOLO b: 1770 Marriage 2 Margaret Descomps "dit" LABADIE b: 22 AUG 1734 in Montreal, Quebec Married: 22 JAN 1759 in Detroit, Michigan Children Peter SOLO b: 15 NOV 1759 in Detroit, Michigan Margaret SOLO b: 3 MAY 1761 Alexis SOLO b: 6 FEB 1763 Margaret SOLO b: 22 JUL 1764 Sources: Title: Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region 1701 - 1936 Author: Rev. Fr. Christian Denissen Publication: Published by Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Note: Detroit Public Library is locates on Woodward Ave. in Detroit, Michigan 48202 Note: Very Good Repository: Note: Library of Congress & Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library Media: Book Page: Page 1145

# Name: Margaret SOLO 1
# Sex: F
# Birth: 3 MAY 1761
# Religion: Catholic
# Note: Margaret was born May 3, 1761 at the Coast of the Potowatomies South West Coast of Detroit
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Margaret Solo m.Jean Baptiste7 Romain dit Sanscrainte, bap 24 Dec 1754 Montréal PQ; ma 13 Oct 1778 Detroit MI,

Father: Claude SOLO b: 21 SEP 1732 in Montreal, Quebec
Mother: Margaret Descomps 'dit' LABADIE b: 22 AUG 1734 in Montreal, Quebec


Sources:


1. Title: Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region 1701 - 1936
Author: Rev. Fr. Christian Denissen
Publication: Published by Detroit Society for Genealogical Research
Note: Detroit Public Library is locates on Woodward Ave. in Detroit, Michigan 48202
Note: Very Good
Repository:
Note: Library of Congress & Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Media: Book
Page: Page 1145"


(Margaret's Mother Died When she was 4 years old, she would of been Razed by the second wife
a Sauteuse Indian. Maybe this would be a partial explanation to her husband John Bapte. SansCrainte and son of the same name intimate ties with the Indians besides being born
at the Coast of the Potowatomies and having a brother that was half blood-(Kevin Lajiness)
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BURTON HISTORICAL RECORDS

SECTION VI
HUGH HEWARD'S JOURNAL FROM DETROIT
TO THE ILLINOIS: 1790

Thursday Ap1 1st 1790. Early in the Morning came to red
Cedar under the high Banks & continued with a Strong
Current the Water by the Banks to nearly Mid Day when
we met with several Small pine Trees the Banks still high
& barren abounding with diminutive Red Oak Trees & the
Soil with Fern, about 4 oClock passed an Indian Cabbin
& Cornfield & arrd at Sans Craints5 before Sun Set. Distance
& Course nearly as yesterday. Encamped.
Friday April 2d 1790. Could not get an Indian to pass
the Portage but engaged one to meet us at the Fork of the
River to conduct us this Post seems to furnish good small
peltrie Sanscrannt seems to have about 12 packs. Set off
about 10 oClock our Course up the River nearly West

Notes:
5 On the Sanscrainte line see ante, 324. Apparently the individual here noted
was Jean Baptiste Romain dit Sanscrainte who was born in 1754 and married at
Detroit, Oct. 13, 1778, Margaret Solo. She was buried here on March 19, 1793.
They had several children born at Detroit, most of whom subsequently became
residents of River Raisin settlement. Sanscrainte was bitterly accused by the
British authorities of pro-American activities prior and subsequent to Wayne's
campaign of 1794. See Denissen, op. cit., and Mich. Pio. Colls., XII, 162 ff.
341

CADILLAC'S VILLAGE OR "DETROIT UNDER CADILLAC." WITH LIST OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT 1701 TO 1710. COMPILED BY C. M. BURTON DETROIT, 1896.



CADILLAC'S HOMESTEAD. Where did Cadillac live? I cannot answer this question satisfactorily now, though I think he lived on the northwest corner of St. Francois and Ste. Anne streets, near the church. If I am right his house was on what is now the north side of Jefferson avenue, half way between Griswold and Shelby streets, about where the old Masonic hall stands. You will observe that the properties bringing the highest prices were those on Ste. Anne street, in the immediate vicinity of this land. This would naturally follow, if the house of the cornmandant was located here, St. Anne Street, at this point, was the Woodward avenue of the little city, and here the aristocracy lived with Cadillac in their midst. What kind of houses did they have? From all I have so far learned, the modern idea of a log house was unknown to them. I think their houses, even those of the better classes, consisted of stakes, driven into the ground as closely together as possible and the interstices filled with mortar or mud. These pickets were cut off, even, at the top, and a pitch-roof of split rails put on. Sawing lumber by hand was too difficult a job to permit much sawed lumber to be used, and what would be thus obtained was for interior work, doors, shutters, etc. It is very probable that no houses had windows, except those of the wealthiest citizens. Glass, for windows, was doubtless very scarce and very expensive. I can find no certain record that there was any glass windows at all, though in the description of the church occurs the statement that it contained a window with shutters and sash frames between, "of 20 squares," each. The squares may refer to the small panes of glass, common even until a few years since, in church windows. A short time after Cadillac left Detroit to become governor of Louisiana, in 1711, he had a complete inventory of his belongings in Detroit, made by Pierre Chesne and Antoine Magnant, and the priest, Father Cherubin Deniaux, and this property was turned over to Pierre Roy for safe keeping. From this list we obtain an idea of the buildings owned by Cadillac, and I append their full description.
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(Pierre Chesne and Pierre Roy were to be inlaws- Kevin Lajiness)
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The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 By Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller


The History of Detroit and Michigan By Silas Farmer

"From the LANDMARKS OF DETROIT A HISTORY OF THE CITY

 By ROBERT B ROSS AND GEORGE B. CATLIN"

 Ouabankikow Marguerite an Indian of the Miami tribe the wife of Pierre Roy 110
There is no record of her marriage though the priest called her a legal wife She died of
small pox October 31 1732 She had six children baptized in the church at Detroit



Landmarks of Detroit; By Robert Budd Ross, George Byron Catlin, Clarence Monroe Burton

River Raisin Battlefield - Areas of Local Interest

NAVARRE:
Lt. Col. Francois Navarre was born in Detroit about 1763 and came to the River Raisin in the 1780’s, where he received lands from the Potawatomies and Ottawas. Generally considered the founder of the French Town settlement along the River Raisin, Navarre was instrumental in easing the transition from British to American rule in the 1790’s. With the departure of Colonel John Anderson in the summer of 1812, Navarre was left in nominal command of the local militia, who, by the terms of Hull’s capitulation, were disarmed and placed on parole as prisoners of war.

During the brief liberation of French Town in January of 1813, Navarre acted as the liaison between the local population and the American army. General Winchester established his headquarters at Navarre’s house, although it was almost a mile away from his main camp. After the war, Navarre continued to be a prominent civic leader until his death in 1826.

About 30 members of the extended Navarre family served in the War of 1812. Most famous as a scout for the American army was Peter Navarre, who resided along the River Raisin, but moved to the Maumee with his family about 1807.

Peter Navarre helped guide the detachment under Lt. Col. Lewis to French Town on January 18, 1813, and participated in the battle to liberate the town from an occupation force of British militia and Indians. He and his brothers also fought in the Battle of the River Raisin on January 22, escaping through the surrounding Indians just as the Kentuckians were surrendering. He spent the rest of the war as a courier and scout for General Harrison. Considered the founder of Toledo (or at least East Toledo), he died in 1874.

History of Monroe County, Michigan A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests By John McClelland Buckley

Village of Tippecanoe, Wabash River, 4:00AM, Nov. 7, 1811 Navarre and Sanscrainte Fur traders

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The Prophet’s Town was a small, but handsome village

of a couple hundred cabannes. It was equipped with a

large, central storehouse containing about 3,000 bushels

of corn and beans. One could have mistaken it for a

comfortable, sleepy haven of peace, were it not for the

furtive activity taking place throughout the night. i

Peter Navarre stirred groggily under his blanket. He

had been awakened by noises coming from outside his

shelter. The noises were made by native warriors pecking

sharp edges onto their gunflints.

As he began to throw off his covering, the low voice of

Jean-Baptiste Sanscrainte came to him out of the

darkness: “Be still,” Baptiste whispered, “if you value

your life.”

Navarre did as he was told, wondering just what was

going on. Hours seemed to pass as he waited and

reflected on the events which had brought them to this

hotbed of Native-American resistance.

It had all started when Sanscrainte invited him to join

his fur trading venture to the Prairie Potawatomies near

Chicago. After visiting several villages, they had acquired

only a small quantity of furs. When he complained about

their lack of success, Sanscrainte had assured him they do

better on their return trip to the Maumee. This is what

had brought them, after more than a month of travel, to

the Prophet’s town. Unfortunately, they arrived just as

General Harrison appeared with an American army.

So instead of trading, the village chiefs had spent most

of the previous day negotiating with General Harrison.

Tecumseh being absent at the time, leadership fell to the

Prophet. The Miami chief White Moon (White

Loon), and the Potawatomi chiefs Stone Eater, and

Winemac were all more in a mood to fight rather than

trade. Navarre and Sanscrainte, discouraged, had

retired early. ii

Village of Tippecanoe, Wabash River, 4:00AM, Nov. 7, 1811:

! It was an hour or more before dawn, when the noise of battle

came in through the stillness of the night. At first, Navarre and

Sanscrainte had strained to hear beneath the patter of a drizzling rain,

but gradually the sound of gunfire rose in volume as the battle peaked

at a point about 3 miles away from them.

! The two traders decided it would be best if the American soldiers

did not find them in the Indian village after the fighting, or they might

mistake them for renegades or British collaborators. So they quietly

packed up their belongings and left for home. iii

! The American army was not caught completely unawares.

General Harrison had ordered his men to sleep on their arms, and had

himself come out of his tent just minutes before the attack began. The

orderly musician was standing by, ready to give three taps of the

drum, the usual signal for the troops to get up and stand by their

arms. Ten minutes more, and the troops would be standing in line of

battle.

! Some of the soldiers were already up and throwing fresh wood on

the morning fires. Silhouetted against the flames, they made easy

targets. Realizing their exposure, the men made frantic efforts to

douse the fires, but to no avail. Those who tried were quickly picked

off by Indian sharpshooters.

" Although inexperienced, the troops responded to their officers’

commands to form and hold their lines, keeping up a heavy fire into the

dark shadows. Their muskets, loaded with buck and ball, were well

designed for this type of indiscriminate firing.iv As daylight broke over

the tree line, Indian pressure slackened. The 4th Regiment and a

detachment of dragoons mounted a charge. Giving 3 cheers, they

drove the Indians off into the adjoining swamps.

" 38 warriors were left dead in the field, and the troops found a few

more bodies when they advanced to search and destroy the Prophet’s

abandoned village. Harrison’s men lost 41 killed and 147 wounded, and

their line had been forced three times, but they had finally won the day

and delivered a heavy blow to the prestige of the Prophet. v

! In their search, the soldiers found a severely wounded Potawatomi

chief. Taken before Governor Harrison, the chief expressed regrets

for the attack and blamed the Prophet for misleading them.

" Harrison had the surgeon dress the Potawatomi’s wounds and left

him on the field of battle. He was given a message to deliver to the rest

of the Indians, urging them to abandon the Prophet and to agree to

the governor’s terms for peace.

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METIS CULTURE 1708-1714

March 14: King Louis XIV signed a decree: His majesty offers clemency to those Coureurs des Bois whose inconsequential put them in this regrettable situation. His majesty has ordered and orders, wants and intends that all the inhabitants of New France, who went wood running and trading with Native Nations without leave nor permission and who will return to their homes in the course of the year 1715, may do so in security and without fear of being prosecuted for reason of their disobedience. They go to Fort Michillimakinac, New France (Michigan) to obtain a certificate of compliance. Those not registering or those found guilty of having aided, abetted or kept correspondence with said Coureurs des Bois, be dealt the full punishment prescribed in the decrees, wherever they may be encountered. It is noteworthy that this decree and others highlight the reason why so little is know of the travels and exploration of America by these Coureurs des Bois and Metis of the First Nations. These excommunicated French, without violence, fanfare or pressure of recognition and immortality, conquered a continent. Conquered in the sense of overcoming the overwhelming obstacles and restrictions that were imposed by a French regime.

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Missions and Métis Compiled By Kevin Lajiness 1660-1750. 1660 the Potawatomi were agricultural, and their movement south after 1680 was most likely motivated by a desire for better soil.




Nicolas PERROT d’ ABLANCOURT (1606-1664) was made member of the Academie Francaise in 1637 in Seat 20. In 1670 he was sent to the West by Frontenac to take formal possession for France.


The Algonkin remained important French allies until the French and Indian War (1755-63) and the summer of 1760. By then, the British had captured Quebec and were close to taking the last French stronghold at Montreal.
In 1665 Father Allouez, the founder of the principal western missions.


By 1665 all of the Potawatomi were living on Wisconsin's Door Peninsula.


About the year 1665 the French made peace with the Iroquois, and Lake Ontario and Lake Erie were opened up to settlers.


French estimated there were about 4,000 in 1667. All Potawatomi bands had gathered into four villages near Green Bay.


Cadillac ,convinced the French government to establish a fort Fort(Ponchartrain) and settlement at Detroit and set out in 1701 to accomplish.


The Ojibwe pushed down both sides of Lake Huron and by 1701 controlled most of lower
Michigan and southern Ontario.


Shortly after the French built Fort Ponchartrain at Detroit in 1701, groups of Potawatomi settled nearby.


Early Ontario RecordsVillage is an account of the settling of Detroit by the French in the years 1701 -1710. It includes directories of the original town in 1708


Detroit, which had been under French rule since 1701, surrendered to a British force in 1760, the year following the fall of Quebec.


Marquis de Vaudreuil who became Governor of Canada on August 1st 1703. In those days, Vaudreuil commandered several offensives against the English.


A suspicious fire broke out on October 5, 1703 in one of the barns, destroying the bastion, as well as Ste. Anne’s.


With the new church, a new official registry was started on February 2, 1704, with the baptism of Cadillac's infant daughter.


Pierre Du Roy, wife Marguerite Ouabankikoue (Miami Indian) d-1732.
Winters arrived and with fur traders' canoes sliding past the river outpost. By 1706 the fort not
only boasted the church, but it had a barracks for troops.
Launched work on the third Ste. Anne church in 1708.


Early Ontario Records(the French in the years 1701 -1710.) It includes directories of the original town in 1708 as well one as of everyone who lived in or visited the town in that period.


Roy, Marie Magdeleine, daughter of Pierre Roy, born May 25, 1710. She married Pierre Chesne dit La Butte, and died Oct, 20, 1732, aged 22


Jacques Rene de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville (1637-1710) governor of New France, in 1688 claimed some French are residing at Michillimackinac.


1710 FORT PONTCHARTRAIN du DETROIT 1700 -1710 Pierre Roy, was living among the Indians before Cadillac arrived, has a little slave Jacques Panis age 7-8 yrs.


Sagimah /Saguima [means medicine man in Odawa language; fl. 1707-1712] Odawa war chief from Michilimakinac; French ally.


Native Americans to side with the French against the [3] Spanish. In 1712 as Cadillac was removed under a cloud of greed and replaced by Dubuisson.


Cadillac finally came to Isle Dauphine (now Dauphin Island, Alabama) on June 5, 1713 to serve as Governor General of Louisiana. Cadillac built a large palisaded home in the area.


St. Anne’Spossesses one of the longest continuous church records in the United States. In 1714, the church was razed by the people of Fort Ponchartrain themselves.


Sieur de Bourgmont publishes first report on explorations of the Missouri River. 1714: Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement in Louisiana, is founded by Louis Juchereau.


1715: The French establish Fort Michilimackinac at the Straits of Mackinac.


Jean Olivier Briand, seventh bishop of Quebec, was born in 1715, ordained to the priesthood in 1739, and came to Canada as secretary of Bishop Pontbriand.


Fort Ponchartrain at Detroit in 1701, groups of Potawatomi settled nearby. By 1716 most Potawatomi villages were located in a area between Milwaukee to Detroit.


Natchitoches the oldest permanent settlement in Louisiana, is founded by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis. 1717: Official drafting of blacks begins in Louisiana. 1718: New Orleans is founded.


Francois-Marie Bissot was the son of Jean-Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes. Jean-Baptiste was born in Quebec in 1688 and became Commandant of Post Miamis (present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana) in 1696. Francois-Marie, at age 18, joined his father in 1718. Upon the death of Jean-Baptiste in 1719, Francois-Marie took over his father's duties and responsibilities, becoming the next Sieur de Vincennes.


Nicholas ,born in 1776. CHESNE Chesne appears in the history of Detroit as early as 1717, in the records of Ste. Anne's parish. Pierre ,who married in 1676 in Montreal.


Pontiac or Obwandiyag (c. 1720 –April 20, 1769) was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion.


Jean Romain dir Sanscrainte, born in the parish of St. Martial, Angouleme, France, in 1696, came to Canada and married at Montreal June 30, 1722, Mary Joseph Leblanc. The bride was the daughter of Julian Leblanc and Ann Vanier, and was born at Charlesbourg, June’ 7, 1693.


Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Churchchurch went for periods of time without a regular parish priest. In 1722 Father Bonaventure Lienard arrived for an assignment that would last thirty-two years.


Liste éclairAngoumois 1 1696 1696 ROMAN\SANSCRAINTE\JARRY Eure France -Notre-Dame,Montreal, 1 1722 1722 QUEBEC Mississippi Etats Unis d'Amérique -1 1737 1737 Montreal,Ile-de-Montreal.




Jean Baptiste Romain dii Sanscrainre, son of Jean Romain and Mary Joseph Leblanc, was born at Montreal, May 16, 1723, and married there, Feb. 25, 1754, Susanne Amable Deneau, daurhter of Andrew Deneau and Frances Boyer.


That church, which was located outside of the palisade, was torched in 1711 for defensive purposes during an uprising of the Fox Indians from Wisconsin. In 1723, Fr. Lienhard restored Ste. Anne’s. A fifth Ste. Anne’s was consecrated in 1755 and spared eight years later by a brilliant Ottawa chief, Pontiac, who had great respect for the white man’s God.


1723: New Orleans becomes the official capital of French Louisiana.


Pierre Moyne d'Iberville was governor of Louisiana from 1699 to 1702 His brother succeeded him from 1702 to 1713, and he himself was again governor from 1716 to 1724 and from 1733 to 1743.
January 7, 1760, I, &ast; &ast; &ast; received the mutual consent of and gave the nuptial benediction to michel Boier and to josette margueritte de lignon, after the publication of three bans--in the presence of the undersigned witnesses and of others in attendance.
M. L. Lefranc , Miss. Of the society of Jesus. Mr. Lamarque; michelle Boyer; jean romain dit Sanscrainte; sejourne; Bourassa; farly; langlade; la faintessie; René Bourassa , fils; Bourassa; Langlade; amable Chaboilllez; rené bourassa , petit-fils.


In 1726, the government of Louisiana made plans to fortify the Wabash and Ohio River valleys by building a fort on the lower Wabash (Ouabache) River.


Rene Boucher, sieur de La Perriere: On 6 june 1727 the First Sioux Trading Company is formed in Montreal, with the company including; Beauharnois, Longueuil, Lacorne, d'Aigremont, St.George, Dupre, Youville, Dillay-Dumay, Marin, Petit, Garreau, Campeau, de May, Richard, Jean Bte.Boucher de Montbrun & Francois Boucher de Montbrun. Between May & June the following were hired for the "poste des Sioux": Estienne Blot, Francois Poulin de Francheville, Francois Lefebrve, Louis Lapron, Claude Marin, & Charles Boissel. On 16 june, the trading expedition sets out from Montreal with Rene Boucher, sieur de La Perriere (Commander), Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (Rene's nephew) [Consolidated Docket] , La Jemeraye, Maurice Menard (interpreter), Jesuit Rev.Michael Guignas & Jesuit Rev.Nicolas de Gonner.


Its origin is connected with a mission of Hurons or Wyandottes
which was founded in 1728 by Father Armand de la Richardie, a
Jesuit, who had previously started a mission of the Hurons at
Detroit to the number of six hundred, all of whom he had converted.


In 1803 the parish was called the Assumption of La Pointe-de-Montreal
or L'Assumption du Detroit.


Chesne, Pierre. Son of shove Pierre Chesne. He had two wives; first on May 25, 1728, he married Marie Magdellne Roy,
a daughter of Pierre Roy; this marriage took place at Fort St. Phillipe, village of the Miamis. She died of smallpox Oct. 20, 1732, and in 1726 he married his second wife, Louise Barrois, daughter of Francois Lothenane dit Barrois; and Marianne Sauvage. Pierre Chesne was an interpreter and sometimes called La Butte. He was born about 1697.


February 24: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Marie Catherine daughter (III)-Pierre Chesne dit Labutte born 1729 and (IV)-Marie Anne Cuillerier born 1730.


Suzanne Amable Deneau, bap 31 Aug 1729 Montral PQ; d. after 10 Aug 1784.


January 1, British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Catherine Bourdeau daughter (III)-Joseph Bourdeau dit L'Lle-Ronde, habitant de la Cote Nord-est, born 1730, died 1793 married 1760 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (III)-Marie Louise Clermont et Dvbord born 1645 daughter Louis Clermont; Catherine married January 28, 1793 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), Augustin Lafoy.


Suzanne Amable8 Deniau, bap 31 Aug 1729 Montral PQ; d. after 10 Aug 1784.


A prominent family of Detroit, whose ancestor arrived there in 1730. Thérèse Bondy afterwards married Col. Jacques Godefroy of Detroit.


Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658 –October 15, 1730).


Louisiana (New France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNew France. In the 1660s, the colony was royal property. Between 1712 and 1731, the French possession came under the control of Antoine Crozat ,a rich businessman


The French government established the Poste on the Ouabache in 1731. The fort was finished in 1732 and the Sieur de Vincennes officially founded the site.


Forts of Vincennes, Indiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaacting under the authority of the French colony of Louisiana, constructed the fort in 1731-1732. The outpost was designed to secure the lower Wabash Valley for France.


Hurons first missionary was Father Armand de la Richardi who arrived at Detroit in
1728. After several years of discouragement he was successful in converting
most of them. A report made in 1733 states that a church and a house for the
priest had been built.


War broke out between the French and the Chickasaw in 1733. In 1735, Louisiana Governor Bienville made plans to trap the Chickasaws between the forces of the French and Indians and rid the Mississippi Valley of British traders. Vincennes was to join Pierre d'Arteguette (commandant of the northern army, from Fort de Chartres) and eventually meet up with Bienville's army. D'Arteguette set out with the assembled forces, not having received the message that Bienville had to delay his march. D'Argaguette and Vincennes arrived at the Prud'homme Bluffs, received a report of the delay and made plans to attack an isolated Chickasaw camp. Instead, they were overcome by a surprise force of 400-500 Chickasaws. D'Artaguette, Vincennes and Father Antoine Senat (a Jesuit priest) were captured, totured and burned at the stake.
It was named Fort Vincennes in honor of Vincennes, who was captured and burned at the stake during a war with the Chickasaw nation in 1735. In 1736, Louis Groston de Bellerive de St. Ange assumed command of the post.




Marianne , who married in 1734 to Pierre Belleperche the son of Pierre and Gertrude(Du-Buisson Guyon) , said to be a relative of Cadillac.


Chesne appears in the history of Detroit as early as 1717, in the
records of Ste. Anne's parish. Pierre, who married in 1676 in Montreal, to Jeanne Bailly, and had two sons, Charles and Pierre, who came to Detroit in 1717. They both
occupied active positions in the colony. Pierre Chesne the other son to arrive in Detroit, married in 1728 to Madelieine Roy, also in 1736 to Louise Lothman de Barrois. Pierre was also called La Butte, though St Onge was the proper title. Many of his descendants were only known as La Butte. He also held office as an interpreter for a number of years. All of his children died unmarried except Pierre Toussainte. He died in 1774, and his wife Agathe, remarried to William Sterling.


The Ojibwe Following the French fur trade west during the 1720s, they moved beyond Lake Superior and into a war with the Dakota (Sioux) in 1737.


ROMAN\SANSCRAINTE Marie-Louise (1737 Montreal,,,Ile-de-Montreal,QUEBEC)
Charles Robin, born at St. Thomas, Canada, in 1738, married Marie Anne Roy, died at Kaskaskia, June 8, 1779.




ASKIN (Erskine) JOHN ,fur trader, merchant, office holder, and militia officer; b. 1739 in Aughnacloy (Northern Ireland) son of James Askin, a shopkeeper, and Alice Rea.




Olivier Briand, seventh bishop of Quebec, was born in 1715, ordained to the priesthood in 1739, and came to Canada as secretary of Bishop Pontbriand.


The movement of families across the Susquehanna River, into the western regions that had not been formally purchased from the Indians began around 1740.


Father Richardi followed the Hurons to Sandusky, and by 1741 had persuaded them to return to Detroit and the village at the mouth of the river.


Louise Clotilde who was born in 1741 and married in 1758 to Jacques Godefroy de Marbeouf. She died in 1762, leaving one son, Gabriel.


The Piankeshaw granted over 1 1/2 million acres in the area to the French in 1742. Father Sebastian Meurin arrived in Vincennes in 1749 and supervised the construction of a log church, St. Xavier.


In 1742 the Huron village was removed to Bois Blanc Island, opposite Amherstburg
Father Peter Potier,the last of the Jesuit missionaries to the Huron Indians, 1744-1781.Father Potier survived the French Government in Canada, and underBritish rule exercised the functions of the first pastor of the
parish of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sandwich.


The 334-page roster of births, deaths, baptisms, marriages and other church benchmarks from 1704 to 1744 now rests in the archives of the Archdiocese of Detroit. church registry was devoted to the baptisms of Native Americans, principally members of the Huron Nation.


Pontiac was an Ottawa war leader by 1747, when he allied himself with New France against a resistance movement led by Nicholas Orontony, a Huron leader. Pontiac continued to support the French during the French and Indian War (1754–1763).
On May 20, 1747, some Hurons under Chief Nicolas killed five French. men near Grosse Isle whom they caught stealing furs.


American seaboard colonies, who organized the Ohio Company in 1747 for the purpose of extending the Virginia settlements westward.


John Powell from Paxtang PA (Will 1748, witnessed by Thomas McKee And john Allison Indian traders)
The Hurons, who were not in sympathy with the conspiracy,sent a delegation to the Governor at Quebec, requesting that Father Richardi,who had great control over the Indians, be sent to the mission. The Governoragreed, and the expedition left on August 23, reaching Detroit on October20. Chief Nicolas having died the conspiracy soon ended, and order was oncemore restored. The Commandant decided that he could maintain bettercontrol of the Indians if they were nearer the fort, and ordered Father Potierto leave the village at Bois Blanc and establish it at Point de Montréal, on thesouth side of the river. This was in the fall of 1747. The location of thevillage and mission at Bois Blanc is distinctly marked on a map by M. deLery, junior, dated 1752, on which is the following notation: “In this vicinityvillages of the Hurons, abandoned in 1748.” The First Church at Point de Montreal. This log church was completed in the fall of 1750. The Governor atQuebec was anxious to have the Hurons settled in the new location, and inorder to assist in the undertaking gave Father Richardi 5,000 livres (about$ 1,000) to build a church and presbytery. 8 Father Armand de la Richardireturned to Quebec in 1755, where he died on March 17, 1758. The French settlers on the south side of the river, being included in St.Anne’s Parish, Detroit, were now transferred to the Huron mission, in orderto give Father Potter more financial support and also to give the farmers theadvantage of having a church of their own. The union of the Huron missionand the residents on the south side of the river created a new parish which was named L'Assumption du Detroit.




Father Sebastian Meurin arrived in Vincennes in 1749 and supervised the construction of a log church, St. Xavier. By 1750, St. Ange was issuing deeds for small grants of land in and near the settlement. Many Piankeshaw soon returned
The Riviere Aux Huron first appeared on a map drawn by Joseph Gaspard de Lery in 1749. It is shownon another French map dated 1752. Jean Baptiste Sanscrainte (John Soncrant) came from Quebec in 1765 and settled on the north bank of the river at present day West Jefferson. He sold this property to Gabriel Godfroy Son of Jacques in 1796.
Marie Louis le Franc was born in 1716, entered the Jesuit order in 1742, and arrived in Canada six years later. He was known to have been in Quebec in 1749, and probably came to Mackinac to succeed Father la Morinie, when the latter went to St. Josephs. Father le Franc's ministrations at Mackinac continued until 1761; he seems then to have retired to Quebec, where he died in 1776.-- Ed .
"With the year 1749 immigration took a new start, and so great was the increase of the inhabitants in Detroit that a larger church became a necessity; and in 1754 Father [Simple] Bocquet, who then had charge of the parish, determined that one should be erected,"
(I)-Jean Askin (b-1749), married, to Archange Barthe (b-1749) is living Fort Michilimacknic until 1779.


15 May 1786Deed from Potawatomie for land on the River Raisin; signed by 5 Indians with totems; witnessed by J. B. Sanscrainte and Francois Navarre. From Labadie Family Papers. (This is attributed to both Jean Baptiste Sanscrainte 1749-1822 and Jean Baptiste Romain dit Sanscrainte b.1754)
Deed pottawatomi Nation to Jacques Godefroy, 1776Hiram Walker Museum Collection Archives of Ontario
Reference Code: F 378, 20-100 pg 1 of 2


The white population increased from less than 500 in 1750 to more than 800 in 1765. Detroit had become the largest town between Montreal and New Orleans


Antoine de La Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, governor of Louisiana, explored the lead region of southeastern Missouri in 1715 The French Were to found Sainte Genevieve, the first permanent white settlement in Missouri, about 1750