Saugemauqua
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Saugemauqua (ca 1780 to 1783 - October 12, 1852) was a métis woman.
Life
She was born ca. 1780-1783 reportedly in La Pointe, Wisconsin. Who her parents are is unclear, she is the daughter of a French Canadian man with the surname Piquette and a Ojibwe woman.[1]
In 1797 she married Jean-Baptiste Cadotte Jr.[2] The two separated in 1810.
She had affairs with Lewis Saurin Johnston. In 1834, she remarried to Joseph Sauvé dit Plante after the birth of her illegitimate daughters.[3]
She died on October 12, 1852 at the age 72 in Sault Ste. Marie.[4]
Personal life
When David Thompson met her at Jean Baptiste’s Red Lake River trading post in March 1798 he called her:[3]
a very handsome native woman, also the daughter of a Frenchman
— David Thompson, David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812, 252
Saugemauqua is her Ojibwe name.[1] She sometimes goes by her French name Jeanette Piquette.[5] 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.[4]
Family
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 named: 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.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DuLong 2020, p. 38, 42.
- ↑ Tobola 1974, p. 72.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 DuLong 2020, p. 42.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 DuLong 2020, p. 38.
- ↑ Silbernagel 2020, p. 115.
Bibliography
- Silbernagel, Robert (May 13, 2020). The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870209413. Search this book on
- DuLong, John P. (2020), Jean-Baptiste Cadotte's First Family: Genealogical Summary, University of Saskatchewan
- DuLong, John P. (2015), Jean-Baptiste Cadotte's Second Family: Genealogical Summary, University of Saskatchewan
- Tobola, Thomas (1974). "Cadotte Family Stories". Cadott Printing.
- Warren, William (1885). History of the Ojibway People. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 9780873516433. Search this book on
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