François-Josué de La Corne Dubreuil
| François-Josué de La Corne Dubreuil | |
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| Born | 1710-10-07 New France |
| Died | 1753-10-17 Quebec, New France |
| Occupation | Military officer; fur trader |
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François-Josué de La Corne Dubreuil (7 October 1710 – 17 October 1753 (aged 43)) was an officer in the colonial regular troops of New France and a fur trader who served as commandant of Fort Kaministiquia on the northwest shore of Lake Superior in the early 1740s.
Early life and family
Dubreuil was born on 7 October 1710 in New France, the son of Jean-Louis de La Corne de Chaptes and Marie Pécaudy de Contrecœur.[1] He came from a prominent New France military and fur-trading family.
On 28 December 1745 he married Michelle Hervieux in Montreal; she came from a family connected to the fur trade.[1] The couple had one son, François-Michel de La Corne Dubreuil.
Military and fur-trade career
By 1739 Dubreuil held the position of second in command at Michilimackinac, while François de Couagne handled financial matters in Montreal.[1]
In 1741 he was appointed commandant of Fort Kaministiquia, situated on the northwest shore of Lake Superior at the location now known as Thunder Bay. In that year he borrowed goods worth over 2,000 livres — powder and cloth — from Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière for use in the trade.[1][2]
During his tenure at Kaministiquia, intertribal tensions among Indigenous nations in the surrounding region erupted into open conflict. Through diplomacy, Dubreuil helped broker a peace: by the winter of 1742–43, Ojibwa, Sioux, and Sauk hunters were reported to be hunting peaceably together in the Snake River country to the west of Lake Superior.[1]
Following his marriage in late 1745, Dubreuil spent five or six years in Montreal before returning to service in the west as a lieutenant in the Ohio country.[1]
Death
In June 1753 Dubreuil was surveying the portage at Fort de la Rivière au Boeuf (present-day Waterford, Pennsylvania) when he became seriously ill. He returned to Quebec, where he died on 17 October 1753.[1] His son François-Michel de La Corne Dubreuil is believed to have drowned in 1761 along with his uncle Louis de La Corne.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 C. J. Russ."C. J. Russ, "LA CORNE DUBREUIL, FRANÇOIS-JOSUÉ DE," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3."[website].Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3 (University of Toronto/Université Laval).1974.University of Toronto/Université Laval.Link.(Rights: copyrighted | Access: open)
- ↑ "ANQ-M, Greffe de J.-C. Porlier, 12 juin 1741."[record].Greffe de J.-C. Porlier, 12 juin 1741.Archives nationales du Québec, Montréal.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
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