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Saugemauqua (ca 1780 to 1783 - October 12, 1852)
Name
[edit]She sometimes goes by her French name Jeanette Piquette.[1] In various documents her first name is spelled as: Janette, Jeanne, Jeannette, Joanne, and Marie Jeanne. Her last name is also spelled as Paquet, Piquet, or Piquette.[2]
Family
[edit]Her dad was probably Jean Baptiste Piquette, a longtime resident of Sault Ste. Marie. She may have also been related to François Piquette, a clerk for Jean Baptiste Cadot.
We know that her siblings are: Joseph Piquette, Mary Ann (Piquette) Meniclier, and Jean Baptiste Piquette. Her uncle from her mother's side was Waub-ish-gaug-aug-e (White Crow or White Raven), who was a son of Kish-kiman. Kish-kiman was a cousin of Equaysayway and the father to the wife of Michel Cadotte Jr.[2]
Life
[edit]Youth
[edit]She was born ca. 1780-1783 reportedly in La Pointe, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of a French Canadian man with the surname Piquette and a Ojibwe woman.[3]
Marriage to Jean Baptiste Cadotte Jr
[edit]In 1797 she married Jean Baptiste Cadotte Jr.[4]
Other stuff I currently don't know what to do with yet
[edit]When David Thompson met her at Jean Baptiste’s Red Lake River trading post in March 1798 he called her:[5]
a very handsome native woman, also the daughter of a Frenchman
Death
[edit]She died on October 12, 1852 at the age 72 in Sault Ste. Marie.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Silbernagel 2020, p. 115.
- ^ a b c DuLong 2020, p. 38.
- ^ DuLong 2020, p. 38, 42.
- ^ Tobola 1974, p. 72.
- ^ DuLong 2020, p. 42.
Bibliography
[edit]- Silbernagel, Robert (May 13, 2020). The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870209413.
- Tobola, Thomas (1974). Cadotte Family Stories. Cadott Printing.
- Warren, William (1885). History of the Ojibway People. ISBN 9780873516433.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - DuLong, John P. (2020), Jean-Baptiste Cadotte’s First Family: Genealogical Summary, University of Saskatchewan, archived (PDF) from the original on June 8, 2025