JOHN SAYER:
Born in 1750, John has been a difficult trader
to re-discover. He had a long career in the fur trade begining in the late
1770's and ending with his retirement in 1805/07 to St.Anne (the west end
of the Is. of Montreal). In 1780 he was at Leech Lake as an agent for Joseph
Howard of Michilimackinac. By 1791 he had formed J.Sayer & Co., trading
in the L.Superior region & todays northern Minnesota. Between 1793
& 1805 he was a trader for the Northwest Fur Co. He apparently first
married Obemauunoqua (daughter of Mamongazida or "Big Foot") with a second
marriage to Elizabeth McPherson. His children apear to be: Pierre-Guillaume,
John Charles, Henry, Margaret & James.
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