Martin Chartier
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Martin Chartier was a French-Canadian explorer and trader, carpenter and glove maker. He lived much of his life amongst the Shawnee Native Americans in what is now the United States.
Historical marker, erected in 1925, in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania, commemorating the life of Martin Chartier
Painting by Douglas Volk, of Father Louis Hennepin discovering Saint Anthony Falls.
Woodcut of the Griffon
Fort Crèvecoeur
Lachine massacre
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The Lachine massacre, part of the Beaver Wars, occurred when 1,500 Mohawk warriors launched a surprise attack against the small settlement of Lachine, New France, at the upper end of Montreal Island,
Martin Chartier
…learning to make gloves, but there is also evidence that he was apprenticed to a carpenter. Chartier's father, uncle and grandfather were killed in the Lachine massacre outside Montreal on August 5, 1689. In 1672, Martin Chartier and his brother Pierre took part in Louis Jolliet's second expedition. In December 1672…
Fort Rémy, also known as Fort Lachine.