CADILLAC, ANTOINE DE LA MOTHE
\kˈadɪlˌak], \kˈadɪlˌak], \k_ˈa_d_ɪ_l_ˌa_k]\
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born 1660 of noble French family. In 1694 Frontenac appointed him commander of Michilimackinac. July 24, 1701, with fifty settlers and fifty soldiers he founded Detroit. In 1707 he reduced the Miamis to subjection. In 1711 he was made Governor of Louisiana. In 1714 he established a post in the Natchez country. In 1717 he returned to France. He died after 1717.
By John Franklin Jameson
