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- ! <http://users.usinternet.com/dfnels/ladurantaye.htm>Olivier Morel, sieur de La Durantaye: (1640-1716) Olivier was the son of Thomas Morel & Alliette du Houssaye, born in Bretagne, France. He married Francoise (daughter of Denis Duquet & Catherine Gautier), the widow of Jean Madry, at Quebec in 1670. Their children were Louis-Joseph (b.1671)(m.1st.Elisabeth Rasne & 2nd Elisabeth Picaret), Francoise-Genevieve (b.1672)(m.Louis de Cadaran, sieur de Bonneville in 1687), Philippe-Olivier (sieur du Houssay)(1675-1703)(m.Marie-Suzanne Guyon), Charles-Alexander (sieur de La Chaussee)(b.1681)(m.1st.Charlotte Moussion & 2nd.Marie Couillard) & Francois (sieur de Boisbrillant & du Houssay)(1685-1722)(m.MarieThibierge). Olivier arrived in NewFrance a newly commission captain in the Regt.of Campelle, attached to the Carignan-Salieres Regt. In 1683La Durantaye & 30 French soldiers arrive in the west to garrison St.Ignace. As La Durantaye mission in thewestevolves, the eastern edge of "Middle America" is suffering from the effects of expanding Iroquois territory & fleeing tribes to the west; increasing English population & influence in the east (William Penn's new colony of Philadelphiahad 80 houses & New York traders offer better exchange rate & higher quality goods); recovering western tribes from European epidemics; expanding fur trade in the Illinois country by Robert Cavelier de la Salle; trading practices of predominant traderswest of Lake Michigan like Nicolas Perrot, Daniel de Greysolon, sieur du Luth & Pierre-Charles Le Sueur; and shifting alliances of the western tribes (Dakota & Ojibwe have a strong alliance against the Fox and the Fox & Iroquois alliance against the Illinois). In 1684, as commander ofMichilimackinac (and a rival of la Salle in the fur trade), is at Fort.St.Louis with 60 soldiers to assist the commander in a pending Iroquois attack and later that same year gathers a force of western tribes for La Barre's failed attempt to invade Iroquois country, Again in 1687 he is assisting in another invasion of Iroquois country with Denonville's more successful campaign against that tribe. Earlier that year La Durantaye & Tontyhad joined forces in capturing more than 30 English tradersattempting to establish trading ties to the Ottawa, the English are jailed & their French guides are executed. By 1689 New France was experiencing epidemics & attacks by the Iroquois and France was at war with the English as William of Orange takes control of the English throne. Nicolas Perrot declares for France the lands to the west of Green Bay and Olivier was still at Fort Michilimackinac writing to the newGovernor ofNew France, Frontenac, that the western tribes were worried that theFrench would make an alliance with the Iroquois. Frontenac answered his concerns by sending Capt.Louis de Louvigny to replace LaDurantaye as commander and gathered the western tribes with the help of Nicolas Perrot at Michilimackinac to here his words incouncil through Louvigny. ! <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Morel_de_La_Durantaye>Olivier Morel de La DurantayeFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaOliver Morel de La Durantaye (17 February 1640 ? 28 September 1716[1]) was an Officerof NewFrance. Born in Notre Dame Gu Gaure Nantes, France, he served as commandant of Fort Michilimackinac, in what is now Michigan, from 1683 to 1690.[1] In 1684 he traveled to Fort St. Louis to assist Henri de Tonty against the Iroquois, and itis thoughtthat during this journey he constructed a temporary fort that Tonty visited in the winter of 1685/1686, and later referred to as the Fortof ChicagoReferencesWeilbrenner, Bernard (2000). "Morel de La Durantaye, Olivier". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. University of Toronto/Universit? Laval. Retrieved 2009-07-03.Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1884).History of Chicago. Chicago: A.T. Andreas. p. 65.! <http://biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=1000>Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online1701-1740 (Volume II)MOREL DE LA DURANTAYE, OLIVIER, esquire, captain, commandant, councillor, seigneur; b. 17 Feb. 1640 at Notre-Dame-de-Gr?ce, near Nantes, son of Thomas Morel, Sieur de La Durantaye, and of Alliette Du Houssaye; d. 28Sept. 1716. Morel de La Durantaye arrived in Canada in June 1665 as a captain in the Carignan-Sali?res regiment, although his commission dated only from 10 Dec. 1665. He worked withhis company on the building of Fort Sainte-Anne, and in September 1666he took part in Prouville* de Tracy?s expedition against the Mohawks. He returned to France in 1668, and on 25 March 1669 he contracted to raise a company of 50 men; in August 1670 he was back in Canada. On 14 September, at Quebec, hemarried Fran?oise Duquet, the surgeon Jean Madry*?s widow, who was fairly well off and who owned the arriere-fief of Grandpr?in the seigneury of Notre-Dame-des-Anges. They were to have 10 children, who were all baptized, from 1671 to 1685, at Quebec. From 1670 to 1683 Morel de La Durantaye was attached to the Quebec garrison, wherehe commanded one of thesix companies of colonial regular troops. Fur-trading was also one of his occupations, since for eight years he owned a fur-tradingsite at Montreal. On29 Oct. 1672 he obtained from Talon* the seigneury of La Durantaye, which was to be enlarged in 1693 and 1696; on 15 July 1674 Buade* de Frontenac granted him the seigneuryof Kamouraska, which he was to sell in 1680 toCharles Aubert de La Chesnaye, after having vainly tried to fish there. On 10 Oct. 1682 Morel deLa Durantaye took part in a meeting of religious and lay notables held at Quebec by Le Febvre* de La Barre to discuss the best course of action to follow in face of the Iroquois peril. The following spring, at the governor?s request and accompanied by Louis-Henri de Baugy, hewent to the Great Lakes region and the Illinois country to put a stop to the corrupt practices of the coureurs de bois,whowere trading in furs without licences. He was also instructed to invite the Indians ofthisregion to come to Montreal to trade their furs and meet the new governor; finally, he received orders to inquire into the activities of Cavelier* deLa Salle, as there was a likelihood that the latter would lose the authority which he heldover the forts in that area. In July 1683 Morel de La Durantaye took over the command of Michilimackinac, a positionthat he was to occupy until 1690, and inAugust ofthe same year Baugy replaced Henri Tonty as commandant of Fort Saint-Louis. On 19 July 1684 Morel de La Durantaye left the fort, at the head of a party of 500 men laboriously mustered with the help of Daniel Greysolon Dulhut and NicolasPerrot, to join La Barre?s expedition against the Iroquois. Theyweresupposed to meet at Niagara. On the way, Durantaye was informed by a messenger of the conclusion of the unfavourable peace signed at Anse de La Famine (Mexico Bay, near Oswego, N.Y.). On 6 June 1686 he wasinstructed to set up a post atDetroitandanother at the ?Toronto portage.? It was not possible to establish the latter, which was to bear the name Fort Rouill? (Toronto), until 1750. On 7 June 1687, acting on Brisayde Denonville?s instructions, he went to the south of Lake Erie?torepeat the formal taking over the said posts? which had first been done by La Salle. On 10 July, with Dulhut and Henri Tonty, he joined up with Denonville?s army to the south of LakeOntario; hewas at the head of a party composedof 160Frenchmen, 400 allies, and 60 prisoners. A few days later he helped to burn down and destroy the Seneca villages. In 1690 he persuaded 400 or 500 Indians to go to trade in furs at Montreal,and according to Bochart de Champigny he marshalled 100 canoes for this purpose. The same year he was relieved of his post as commandant of Michilimackinac and replaced by La Porte de Louvigny, because he had apparently been too well disposed towards the Jesuits. The following year he obtainedpermission to trade in furs in the west, and signed an agreement with Jean Fafard. In 1694 he was again at the head of a company with instructions to clear the neighbourhood of Montreal of Iroquois; at thattime he was promotedcaptainonthe activelist. The king granted hima gratuity of 1,500 livres in 1700, and on 18 May 1701 a pension of 600 livres with permission to leave the service. In 1702 Fran?ois de Beauharnois* de La Chaussayerecommended him forappointment totheConseil. Souverain. The appointment was made on 16 June 1703; he received his commission on 29 October and was installed on 26 Nov. 1703. He had already sat on the council on 8 October, because of a shortage of judges. Late in the autumnof 1704 he went to France. As he had not returned by 1706, his wife claimed separate maintenance, because her own assets had been seized to pay her husband?s debts. The separation was granted in 1713. In 1708 Morel returned tosit on thecouncil,and except for beingabsenttwice in the winters of 1710 and 1711 he sat until 31 Aug. 1716, when he presided over the assembly and signed the minutes. Morel de La Durantaye died on 28 Sept. 1716, after giving his son Joseph-Fran?ois half of his La Durantaye seigneury. Hewas buried on 30 September in the church of Saint-Philippe, now Saint-Vallier. Governors, intendants, and Jesuits had spoken of him in very flattering terms. High praise was given to histact in dealing with theIndians, his uprightness, andhis loyalty to the king.Bernard WeilbrennerAQ, Seigneuries, Notre-Dame-des-Anges. Jug. et d?lib. ?M?moire de la d?pense faite par lesieur de La Durantaye aux Outaouais .. . ,?BRH, XXX (1924),49. P.-G.Roy, Inv. coll. pi?ces jud. et not., I, 112,197; Inv. concessions, I, 22. Le Jeune, Dictionnaire, II, 22?26. ?.-Z. Massicotte et R?gis Roy, Armorial du Canada fran?ais (2e s?rie, Montr?al, 1918), 82. Antoine d?Eschambault, ?La vieaventureuse de Daniel Greysolon, sieur Dulhut,? RHAF, V(1951?52),334?37. P.-G. Roy, ?Olivier Morel de La Durantaye, capitaine au r?giment de Carignan,? BRH, XXVIII (1922), 97?107, 129?36.
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