La Pointe Indian Cemetery
The white man's style of house was adopted as a grave cover by the Christianized Ojibway (Chippewa) in his custom of protecting both the dead and the food left with the dead. The food gave sustenance for the 4-day journey to the Hereafter as well as something for the spirit to leave for friends, relatives and the poor. A defaced stone marks the grave of Great Buffalo, principal chief of the Ojibway on Lake Superior; Chief Little Buffalo, his Protestant son, is buried across the road and south in a grave marked with 4 pines.
A Frenchman, Cadeau, journeyed to Lake Superior in 1671, eventually marrying an Ojibway. His grandson, Michel Cadotte, opened a fur-trading post on this island in 1793 for the North West Company, a post later acquired by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, Michel continuing until 1823 as manager. Here Michel Cadotte is buried, and, by his side, his grandchild, Julia Mary Warren of the noted family of fur traders and scholars.
Erected 1961 by La Pointe Indian Cemetery Restoration Fund.
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Location. 46° 46.332′ N, 90° 46.919′ W. Marker is in La Pointe, Wisconsin, in Ashland County. Marker is on Chief Buffalo Lane west of Old Fort Road, on the left when traveling north. Located on Madeline Island. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bayfield WI 54814, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Early Vessels (approx. ¼ mile away); Mooningwaanikaaning (approx. 0.6 miles away); Michel Cadotte (approx. 1.2 miles away); A Turning Point in Place and Time (approx. 2.9 miles away); Schooner Pretoria (approx. 3 miles away); Memorial to Commercial Fishermen of Bayfield (approx. 3.1 miles away); The Booth Cooperage (approx. 3.1 miles away); Bayfield Historic Waterfront (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Pointe.
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