Charles Michel (Mouet) de Langlade (1729 - abt. 1800)

Born 9 May 1729 in Michilimackinac, Pays d'en Haut, Nouvelle-France

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Died about Jan 1800 at about age 70 in LaBaye, Northwest Territory, United States

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Charles (Mouet) de Langlade is Notable.

Captain Charles (Mouet) de Langlade served with the French Army during the French and Indian War.
Service Started: January 27, 1760
Service Ended: April 2, 1765

Recollections of Augustin Grignon "Their second child, Charles De Langlade, was born at the Odawa ^[1] (hereinafter Ottawa) village at or near Mackinaw, in 1724."

Baptism - 9 May 1729 - Michilimackinac, Pays d'en Haut, New France, (Michilimackinac, Michigan)

From "Dictionary of Wisconsin History": In 1755, at the outbreak of the French and Indian War, Langlade led warriors of the western tribes to Fort Duquesne and is credited with a major role in Braddock's defeat. During the war he also fought at Crown Point, Lake Champlain, Fort William Henry, and on the Plains of Abraham. He was made second in command at Mackinac in 1757, surrendered the post to the British in 1761, and transferred his allegiance to them in 1763. When, despite his warnings, Fort Mackinac was surprised during Pontiac's conspiracy, Langlade was able to persuade the Indians to spare many of the survivors of the massacre.

From The Langlade County Special, February 20, 1892, page 1 "While visiting a relative in Green Bay, Mr. S. Grignon had the pleasure of seeing a coat and sword that once belonged to his noted ancestor, C. De Langlade. Knowing that Langlade County is named in honour of him; it may be interesting for some to know that there are still such articles in existence. The coat is a part of a uniform worn by British soldiers, is made of very fine red broad cloth, elaborately trimmed with gimp and other ornaments, which in spite of age still retains some of its luster. The sword has become rusty with age. The articles have been handed down from one generation to another and are reverently guarded by their present owner.

From Appleton Library's Appleton History: First European Settlers in Wisconsin The first European to settle in Wisconsin was Augustin de Langlade, heir to a family of French nobility. De Langlade had been part of the military campaigns against the Indians of the Fox River Valley in the 1720s. Impressed by the physical beauty and the opportunities of the New World, de Langlade remained at the French outpost at Mackinaw (in what is now Michigan's Upper Peninsula) and became involved with the thriving fur trade. In 1728, deLanglade married Domitelle, the sister of Chief La Fourche, the leader of the Ottawa Indians. Their son, Charles, was born at Mackinaw in 1729. As fur traders, father and son travelled frequently on the Fox River, often passing through what is now Appleton.

His Ottawa name was A-Ke-Wau-ge-ke-tau-so. It was known to mean "Bravest of the Brave, Defender of his Country, and He Who Is Fierce For The Land."

Charles Michel de Langlade (9 May 1729 – after 26 July 1801) (Ottawa) was a Great Lakes fur trader and war chief who was important to the French in protecting their territory. His mother was Ottawa and his father a French Canadian fur trader.

Fluent in Ottawa and French, Langlade later led First Nations forces in warfare in the region, at various times allied with the French, British and later Americans. Leading French and Indian forces, in 1752 he destroyed Pickawillany, a Miami village and British trading post in present-day Ohio, where the British and French were competing for control. During the subsequent Seven Years' War, he helped defend Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) against the British. He was named second in command at Fort Michilimackinac and a captain in the Indian Department of French Canada.

After the defeat of the French in North America, Langlade became allied with the British, who took control of former French possessions and took the lead in the fur trade. During the American Revolutionary War, Langlade led Great Lakes Indians for the British against the rebel colonists and their Indian allies. At the end of the war, he retired to his home in present-day Green Bay, Wisconsin. Due to his having had a trading post at Green Bay since 1745 and later settling there, he is called the "Father of Wisconsin."

Charles de Langlade was born in 1729 at Fort Michilimackinac, New France to Domitilde, a sister of the Ottawa war chief Nissowaquet, and daughter of another Ottawa chief. Her husband was Augustin Langlade (Augustin Mouet, sieur de Langlade), a French-Canadian fur trader. She was a widow with six children when they married in 1728; he believed their marriage would provide him an advantage in the fur trade. The Ottawa were among the Anishinaabeg peoples, who inhabited areas around the Great Lakes. As a child, Langlade grew up with Ottawa as his first language and identified with his mother's culture; he was also educated in French by Jesuit missionaries at the fort.^[2]

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1. ↑ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/odawa
2. ↑ Wikipedia, "Charles Michel de Langlade", (accessed 04/17/2017).

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• Dictionary of Canadian Biography, "Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade", (accessed 03/18/2017).
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