This man was wounded taking part in the Caffiniere expedition, which resulted in the destruction of his estate on Mount Desert Island Â– his granddaughter was later given half of that island and its highest mountain is named in honor of him.
This man was wounded taking part in the Caffiniere expedition, which resulted in the destruction of his estate on Mount Desert Island Â– his granddaughter was later given half of that island and its highest mountain is named in honor of him. He accompanied Francois Guyon on several voyages and later married his daughter Marie-Therese. Late in life, he was governor of Castelsarrasin, after being imprisoned in the Bastille and making enemies out of the Natchez tribe while serving as governor of Louisiana. He discovered the La Mothe mine, which was named for his assumed title in the New World, but he's better remembered as the commander ►at Fort Michili-mackinac, after which he descended to found Fort Pontchartrain. FTP, name this French explorer who founded modern Detroit.    
This man was wounded taking part in the Caffiniere expedition, which resulted in the destruction of his estate on Mount Desert Island Â– his granddaughter was later given half of that island and its highest mountain is named in honor of him.
Antoine Cadillac (or Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac)