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Louis George LABATTE was one of three sons of Michel LABATTE 1760-1850 and a Menominee indian Woman.The other two sons were Nicholas LABATTE b: 1780 and Michel b: 1784. Louis George had two half brothers FRANCOIS LABATTE 1800-1862 (killed in the Sioux uprising) and Archange LaBatte 1803-1861

Louis George was born in Green Bay Wisconsin in 1786. His first wife was Louisa CADOTTE also known as Oh-ge-ke-quah 1795-1850, the daughter of John Baptiste CADOTTE 1723-1803 and Catherine Anastasie EQUAWAICE 1740-1776 from the Nipissing tribe.

Louis George and Louisa were married in 1813 on Drummond Island, Chippewa, Michigan.

The children of this marriage were:-
1. Michael LABATTE B:1814, Sault St Marie, Michigan, d: 2 April 1902,Hogg Bay, Ontario. married Archange BERGER on the 3 June 1845
2. Louise LABATTE b:1817 Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, d: 3 September 1848 at Owen Sound, Ontario. married Pierre Blett SORELLE on the 9 February 1836 at Pentanguishene Ontario

Louis George LABATTE in 1820 at Drummond Island, Chippewa, Michigan, next married Julia Francoise GROUETTE born in 1788 at Bay City, Pierce, Wisconsin and died at Lafontaine, Ontario on the 22 July 1865.
Julia Francois was the fourth child of seven children born to James Grouette/GRUET b: 12 April 1731 in London and died at Holland Landing Ontario his wife Julie ? b; 1765 at Drummond Island, Chippewa, Michigan, and died in 1828 at Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada.

The children of this marriage were:-

1/.Antoine LABATTE B: 16 september 1824 atDrummond Island, Ontario and died on the 1 November 1904 and married (1)Marie Jeanne COTE 1825-1856 on 1 October 1855 at Penetanguishene, Ontario. (2) Marie Elise Elizabeth CHRETIN 1843-1891 on the 9 May 1865 at Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario.

2/.Catherine LABATTE b:1827 at Drummond Island, Chippewa, Michigan and died 28 November 1906 at Lafontaine, Ontario married Eusebe DUQUETTE 1834-1923 on the 11 February 1861 at Simcoe, Ontario

3/. Ambroise LABATTE b: 16 August 1829 in Ontario and died 21 November 1911 at Simcoe, Ontario married Emily Elmire CHEVRETTE 1838-1879 in 1856 at Lafontaine, Ontario

4/. Louis Georges LABATTE 1830-1901 m. Agathe GENDRON on the 20 August 1855 at Penetanguishene Ontario Canada

5/. Dominique LABATTE b:1834 Simcoe, Ontario and died 11 April 1864 at Lafontaine, Ontario, m. Armine/Hermine THANASSE 1845-1918 on the 28 January 1862 at St Croix Church, Lafontaine, Simcoe, Ontario.

6/. Ursule Lucie LABATTE b:1836 Simcoe County, Ontario,Canada



Louis George LABATTE -Blacksmith and Fisherman is buried at Lafontain Ontario

NOTES
Francois LaBatte was born 1779 at Prairie duchien Wis.
Francois died 18 Aug. 1862 Lower Agency,MN
parents were Angelique, sister of Chief Wapasha II,and Michel laBatte.
His third wife was Mary Ironshield/Hapistina.
children:
Philip b. 1858 MN, died 1931 SD.
Wed 2x:
no.1 was susan QUINN. wed at Mayasan Church, Sisseton. later divorced.they had two sons Tom and John LaBATTE

No.2 was Sarah RENVILLE aka mazatowin,daughter of Gabriel and Mary RENVILLE. They married at St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Their children were Solon, Sidney, Sophia, Cornelia, Walter and adopted daughter, Maude
Francois other wives:
Nana COUSI, whom he wed in 1803. they had a child Archange laBatte b. 1803 at Prairie du Chien. Nana cousi died in 1863.
Another wife was NahkoAkicu/Ann LAMARCHE (b: Wis) married 1825 in WI. their children were Joseph, Angelique, and Michel .
His other wife was Judith BRISBOIS. she died in 1855. No children.




LaBATTE Burials at Grey Cloud Island Cemetery;
Joseph b. may 1825/26 d. 23 Jan 1914 parents were Francois laBatte and nanna Cousi
His wives were 1. genevieve (Sara Jane, or Ellen) TURPIN, and 2. Mary McLAIN b. 1861, died July,1923. His children:
Eli b. 1862 d. May 1922 Washington Cty.,MN Eli's mother was Genevieve Turpin.
William born Feb. 1874, died Nov. 1941 Hennepin,MN Genevieve TURPIN was the mother.
Alex b. Nov. 1864, d. Sep. 1955. Mother was Genevieve TURPIN. Alex wed Maria WENBURG.

Sources;
Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One
1861 Census of Canada
1871 Census of Canada
Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
1861 Census of Canada
1881 Census of Canada
1891 Census of Canada
Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871
Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928
Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869
Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
"The History of Simcoe County" by Andrew F. Hunter. First published in 1909 and reproduced in 1948 by the Simcoe County Historical Society

Wapasha I born Abt. 1720 and died on the 5 January 1806

Wapasha I was the son of a Dakota chief and a Chippewa princess. Born in approximately 1720, he was the eldest of two sons. Despite his Chippewa blood, Wapasha I led the Sioux in several battles with his mother's tribe. One such incident marks the first recorded reference of his name by the white men.

After a band of Sioux warriors slew several Chippewa, a tribe which had been promised protection by the French, Wapasha and those with him on the raid offered to submit to French justice in order to keep peace with the incoming military forces of the Europeans. On March 9, 1740, the action was recorded by the commander of the French garrison at Mackinac, Michigan. No retribution was taken against the Sioux.

After military defeats at the hands of the British in the middle 1700s, the French began to withdraw from lands they had formerly held in the Mississippi River valley. The French had enjoyed the loyalty of the Indians, who aided them in their defeat with the British. After the French defeat, the English were both suspicious and fearful of the Indians. As a result, there were no English trappers and traders bargaining with the Sioux. The Sioux had developed a dependency on such trade. They had become more accustomed to hunting with rifles than bows and arrows. Fur traded with French trappers brought provisions and ammunition and the Dakota found it difficult to survive without this commerce.

Perhaps also fearing a war with the British, Wapasha I convened a council in 1763 to find a way to bring the British back to this area. Several incidents that took place during the French and Indian War made English trappers apprehensive about returning to the Mississippi River valley. One such incident took place in 1761. A Dakota named Ixkatapay had shot an English trader called Pagonta (Mallard Duck) by the Indians. The two had quarreled earlier, and Pagonta was reportedly killed while sitting in his cabin smoking. To appease the British, it was decided Ixkatapay would be turned over to them for the killing. Wapasha I led the party, composed of 100 men, to the English headquarters in Quebec.

Wapasha's enthusiasm for peace with the English was shared by the tribe, but evidently this did not extend to submitting one of their own to the justice of the British. By the time Wapasha had reached Green Bay, Wisconsin, there were only six of the original 100 left, Wapasha and five braves. The others had drifted off in small groups. One of these deserting bands had taken Ixkatapay with them and returned to their homelands.

Wapasha I and the remaining five continued to Quebec and offered themselves as surrogates for Ixkatapay in the English court. He explained the plight of his people and their desire for peace, and asked the British to return to the area. Taken with his courage, the British awarded the Dakota chief seven military medals, hanging one around his neck in a ceremony at the fort. Trappers and traders soon returned to the area.

During the American Revolution, the Sioux fought on the side of the British. Wapasha led his warriors against the Sauk and Fox forces which had sided with the rebelling colonists. In British military communiqu?s, he is referred to as General Wapasha. His aid in the British cause during the revolution was not forgotten. When he traveled to Montreal on one of his many visits to the British army commanders there, he was always greeted with the salute of a cannon.

Wapasha I died of neck cancer January 5, 1806, at a camp on the Root River in Houston County, Minnesota. He was probably somewhere in his 80s when he died, ending a public career that spanned 66 years.


The above sourced from an article by Steve Kerns in the Winona Sunday News, November 14, 1976
Below is a Portrait of Wapasha III - Joseph Wapasha
Sourced from Diversity Foundation, Inc.and Rootsweb
Redleaf was the father of Chief One Eye WABASHA 1773-1836 and Angelique WABASHA souix name Noh-Ki-A-Keu