Draft:Ownership of Sault Ste. Marie controversy
 | Draft article not currently submitted for review.
This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. To be accepted, a draft should:
It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it. Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Last edited by CycoMa2 (talk | contribs) 2 seconds ago. (Update) |
Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. CycoMa2 (talk) 19:34, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
The sources talk about this controversy. I am just so tired too the point I just copied and pasted from my other drafts.
History
[edit]On October 31, 1800 at Sault Ste. Marie Jean Baptiste Cadot was laying up his death bed. He was surrounded by family with his 13 year old grandson Michel Cadotte, Jr and possibly his wife Catherine along with her children.[1] Cadot asserted to his family that the land with St. Mary's River (Sault Ste. Marie) running through it belonged to them.[2]
Cadot asked his grandson Michel Cadotte, Jr to see his sons Michel and Jean Bapiste Jr (they were both absent due to their trading activities), Cadot wished to see his sons:[1]
to counsel them to try if possible to find his lost papers relative to the gift of the South side of the Sault Ste Marie duly made to him by the Chippewa Chiefs and Warriors.
— Testimony of Michel Cadotte, Jr
Cadotte claimed that the documents disappeared or were taken. He begged his family to go to Montreal to get the documents to prove his ownership of the land.[3]
Jean Baptiste Cadot would later die the next day on November 1, 1800 at his home in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan[4][1] On the day of Jean Baptiste Cadot’s death his grandson Michel Cadotte Jr, told his father and his uncle the news about the alleged documents for Cadot’s ownership of Sault Ste. Marie.
Years later according to the Testimony of Michel Cadotte Jr, Jean-Baptiste Cadotte Jr went to Montreal:
for the express purpose of searching the Records.
— Testimony of Michel Cadotte, Jr
But was unsuccessful. This event probably took place in 1805.
Source says more.[5]
Existence and what happened to the documents
[edit]This source goes more in depth on the ownership of the land.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Schenck, Theresa. "Who owns Sault Ste. Marie?". go.gale.com. Michigan Historical Review. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- ^ Silbernagel 2020, p. 206.
- ^ Silbernagel 2020, p. 59.
- ^ DuLong 2020, p. 200.
- ^ Schenck, Theresa. "Who owns Sault Ste. Marie?". go.gale.com. Michigan Historical Review. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
Bibliography
[edit]- Vogel, Virgil J. (1991). Indian names on Wisconsin's map. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299129842.
- Silbernagel, Robert (May 13, 2020). The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870209413.
- 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
- Tobloa, Thomas (1974). "Cadotte Family Stories". Cadott Printing.
- Warren, William (1885). History of the Ojibway People. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 9780873516433.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Morton, Arthur Silver (1939). A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24.