The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior 1800-1850 and community

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The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior 1800-1850 and communityThe Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one particular family, the Cadottes, illuminates the history of trade and trapping while exploring under researched stories of French Ojibwe political, social, and economic relations. Multiple generations of Cadottes were involved in the trade, usually working as interpreters and peacemakers, as the region passed from French to British to American control.