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Described as handsome and well educated, Point du Sable married a Potawatomi Native American woman, Kitihawa, and they had two children. In 1779, during the American Revolutionary War, he was arrested by the British on suspicion of being an American Patriot sympathizer.
Jan 2, 2022 · Husband of Kitiwaha (Potawatomi) Point du Sable — married 27 Oct 1788 [location unknown] Descendants. Father of Jean Point du Sable and Suzanne (Point du Sable) Pelletier. Died 28 Aug 1818 at about age 73 in St. Charles, Missouri.
- Male
- August 28, 1818
- Kitiwaha (Potawatomi) Point du Sable
As was the case for many French traders, Pointe du Sable’s marriage with a Potawatomi wife helped to cement relationships between him and Native communities.
Feb 3, 2022 · By 1778, DuSable had established himself in the area that would become Chicago and, in that year, married Kitihawa, a Potawatomi woman also known as Catherine. The pair settled by a place the Potawatomi called Eschecagou, on the north bank of the Chicago River at its junction with Lake Michigan.
Jul 10, 2023 · Sometime in the mid-1780s, Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a Black man from Saint-Domingue, and his Potawatomi wife, Kitihawa, settled with their family on a swampy site near Lake Michigan called Eschecagou, “land of the wild onions.”
First, we have this bust depicting Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a fur trader who was of African and Haitian descent and came to Chicago in the 1780s. Du Sable was married to Kitihawa, a Potawatomi woman, and their relationship is an important example of early kinship between Black and Native communities.
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Oct 21, 2023 · Du Sable built a luxurious house with all of the conveniences and comforts of the 1800s. He married a Potawatomi woman and they had two children, a boy and a girl. He was now so wealthy that when French pioneers came to the region from Canada asked to purchase some of his land, he gave it to them. Musical Tribute to Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable
