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historical marker in vincennes , indiana 25 march 1736 montreal , canada jean baptiste bissot , sieur de vincennes marguerite forestier 17 june 1700 françois-marie vincennes historical marker.jpg françois-marie bissot , sieur de vincennes
 françois-marie bissot , sieur de vincennes
françois-marie bissot , sieur de vincennes

françois-marie bissot , sieur de vincennes -lrb- 17 june 1700 -- 25 march 1736 -rrb- was a french canadian 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 -lrb- pictured in this article -rrb- 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 .
