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Looking for proof that ANGELIQUE WAPASHA / WABASHA (1765) was in fact the Mother of LOUIS GEORGES LABATTE (1786)...

Query by Boru

LOUIS GEORGES LABATTE born (1786 )Wisconsin, United States ... his father was Michel Labatte born approx (1760 )...Michel Labatte was in fact married to Angelique Wapasha/Wabasha but there are conflicting accounts as to whether she is the mother of Louis Georges of if he is Michels child from a previous marriage... Any help would be greatly appreciated ...

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on 2017-02-18 19:23:55

Boru has been a Family Tree Circles member since Feb 2011. is researching the following names: TYNE, MOONEY, LABATTE and 4 other(s).

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by bighaich47 on 2017-02-20 13:55:40

Wapasha Life Story.

Excerpt from: "Explorers found hills, valleys alive with Indians," a Steve Kerns article in the Winona Sunday News, November 14, 1976. Gathered from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wapasha/kerns_1976.htm.
Wapasha I (Abt. 1720 - January 5, 1806)

Wapasha I was the son of a Dakota chief and a Chippewa princess [sic]. 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 communiqués, 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.

Thought I would Add This.

Harry.

by bighaich47 on 2017-02-20 14:11:17

I Found The Following on an Ancestry Tree belonging to Michelle Serafin (Serafin Family Tree) She has 2 marriages down for Michel, one for Angelique & one for a Marguerite Gordon.
Marriage
1799 • Détroit, Ste-Anne; Autres Registres, Michigan, USA
Angelique Wapasha (1765–1803).

Marriage
1810 • Autres Registres, Ste-Anne;, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Marguerite Gordon (1787–).
Marriage
Canada
Marguerite Gordon (1787–). Same Marguerite.

Louis Georges Labatte
1786–1872
BIRTH 1786 • Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States,
DEATH 12 MAY 1872 • Ste Croix Cemetery, Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada.
Hope this helps.???.

Harry.

by Boru on 2017-02-20 14:21:17

Thank you very much...

by bighaich47 on 2017-02-21 19:31:45

Hi Boru, Hope you have some luck, thanks for the reply.

Harry.

by Boru on 2017-02-22 19:32:06

Thanks again , I really appreciate your help ...

by MichRob on 2020-03-05 19:19:55

Hi Everyone,

I have read through the comments and I am very puzzled. I have been working on my family tree for some time now. My great grandfather is Joseph Thomas Napoleon Duquette. He is a direct descendant of Michel Labatte. I have gotten my DNA tested and I am in fact Métis. I also have my status card to prove it. Michel Labatte and Angelique are my only connections to Aboriginal blood that I can find. So I do believe that Louis Georges Labatte is infact the son of Angelique wapasha. I also have one single picture of my great grandfather Joesph T.N Duquette and he looks visibly part aboriginal.

Please let me know your thoughts.

by SanteeSiouxzan on 2022-03-20 01:53:15

Boru,
Check out this website:
https://gw.geneanet.org/monartque?lang=en&n=wabasha&oc=0&p=angelique

Be sure to look at each section. Family Tree, Profile, & Timeline.
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for. I'll look some more & get back to you.
Sue

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