Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes
Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, (19 January 1668 – 1719) was a Canadian soldier, explorer, and friend to the Miami Nation.
He spent a number of years at the end of his life as an agent of New France among the Miami.
Vincennes was born in Quebec on 19 January 1668.
His father, tanner François Byssot de la Rivière, was granted a seigniory for his tannery on the St. Lawrence River in 1672.
Later, he became a ward of his brother-in-law, Louis Joliet, who entered him in the seminary at Quebec.
Vincennes married Marguerite Forestier in Montreal in 1696.
They had four daughters and three sons, including François-Marie.
Through the efforts of his godfather, Jean Baptiste Talon, he secured a commission as ensign in the French marine.
In 1696, the Comte de Frontenac appointed him as commander of the French outposts southeast of Lake Michigan (in present-day northeastern Indiana).
Here he became good friends with the Miami people, settling first at the St. Joseph River, and, in 1704, establishing a trading post and fort at Kekionga, the location of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The same year, the current governor-general of New France, Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, wrote the French court to emphasize the importance of Bissot's services to New France among the Miami people.
In 1712, Vincennes served as second in command at Fort Detroit.
In this position, he resided with the Miami to keep them from falling under the control of the British.
He helped defeat the forces of the Fox Nation and acquired a young Fox slave, whom he named François-Michel.
This slave eventually was owned by his son, François-Marie Bissot.
He died in 1719 at Kekionga and was succeeded by his son as commander of the French in Miami country.
After his death, a permanent garrison was established in the Maumee River area by Jacques-Charles Renaud Dubuisson.
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François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes
François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (17 June 1700 – 25 March 1736) was a French explorer and soldier who established several forts in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana, including Fort Vincennes.
François-Marie Bissot was born in Montreal to Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes and Marguerite Forestier on June 17, 1700.
He was named François Margane after his godfather and uncle.
In 1717, he joined his father at Kekionga, a village of the Miami People near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana in northeastern Indiana.
His father was in charge of promoting loyalty to the French among the Miami Indians.
By 1718 Vincennes was working among the Ouiatenon Miamis on the upper Ouabache River.
When his father died in 1719, François seemed to be the natural replacement.
In May 1722, Vincennes was commissioned an Ensign and took control of Fort Ouiatenon near present-day Lafayette, Indiana.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1730 and was made commandant in what is now southern Indiana.
The area became increasingly important to New France in keeping their connection to Louisiana open and keeping British traders out.
Vincennes was central to this endeavour and also became increasingly attached to the Louisiana contingent.
He was commissioned to build a trading post on the Wabash River and established Fort Vincennes where the modern city of Vincennes, Indiana is located.
Although the colonial government of Louisiana did not support him, Vincennes convinced local Piankeshaw to establish a village at the post.
In 1733, he married the daughter of Philippe Longpré of Kaskaskia.
They had two daughters, Marie Therese and Catherine, the first children of his new village.
On 25 March 1736, François-Marie Bissot de Vincennes was burned by the Chickasaw Indians along with other captive French at the village of Ogoula Tchetoka, near the present site of Fulton, Mississippi, though the historical marker in Vincennes (pictured in this article) gives the location as Fulton, Tennessee.
They were captured as the result of ill-advised raids in coordination with Pierre D'Artaguiette.
The raids are now known as the Chickasaw Campaign of 1736 of the Chickasaw Wars.

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