BEAULIEU Clement A.

Notes:

Clement A. Beaulieu came to White Earth in the fall of 1873, and took
charge of George A. Morison's trading post, but two years afterwards
moved to the new agency and established a store of his own where he
was in trade for several years. He took his land on Fish Lake in
Norman County, but always had a renter there working his farm, while
he and his family resided at the agency in Becker County until the
time of his death in 1893. Mr. Beaulieu was a prominent man here, and
had great influence with the Indians and chiefs. He took an active
part in the treaty made in 1889. He was a close friend of Hon. H. M.
Rice.

Notes:

Paul was an interpreter for the US Government, and assisted in
concluding many treaties with the Chippewas.

Paul H. Beaulieu

Posted by Dick Campbell on Fri, 18 Jun 1999

The following is from the book "A Pioneer History of Becker County
Minnesota" Chapter XVIII, page 258, by Alvin H. Wilcox, 1907:

Paul H. Beaulieu was born at Mackinac in 1820. He was of French and
Indian descent and took an active part in the early development of
the territory and state of Minnesota, especially in all matters
relating to the Chippewa Indians, and in their several treaties with
the government. He possessed the attributes of a splendid education,
was a master of the English and French languages, a born diplomat, a
brilliant orator, and a Chesterfield in manner and address, and was
reputed to be the most fluent interpreter of the Chippewa dialect
that the nation ever produced. He was largely instrumental in
bringing about the measure which secured to the Chippewas their
present home, the White Earth Reservation, and he, too, led the van
when they removed hither, and turned the first furrow and planted the
first crop, and took the initiatory steps in the paths of a new
civilization. Mr. Beaulieu never sought the uncertain allurements of
the political works, although grandly qualified to honor and
administer the duties of its most intricate branches; he chose,
rather, to humiliate himself to his humble surroundings and to the
elevation of his kindred, the Chippewas of Minnesota. He belonged to
that lofty school of individualism that is fast passing away, and
who, "along the cool, sequestered vale of life, they keep the
'morseless tenor of their way" and whose noble deeds of self-
sacrifice are buried with them. Mr. Beaulieu had been in failing
health for some time, and the sudden and tragic death of his beloved
son, John H. Beaulieu, a few weeks ago, undoubtedly hastened his
demise which occurred on the 9th of February, 1897. He leaves a wife
and two daughters and two sons, Mrs. Jennie Ledeboer, Mrs. A. J.
McIntosh, and Truman and C. A. H.. Beaulieu. He was a brother of the
late lamented Col. C. H. Beaulieu, and at the time of his death he
was employed as interpreter on the Chippewa commission. In respect to
his memory Maj. R. M. Allen, U.S. Indian agent, ordered the agency
flags at half mast during Wednesday and Thursday, and that general
business about the agency be suspended during the funeral services.
He was laid to rest on Thursday, in St. Benedict's mission cemetery;
Rev. Father Aloysius, O. S. B., officiated at the funeral services. -
Detroit Record.

Paul married FAIRBANKS Maria on 15 Oct 1841. Maria (daughter of FAIRBANKS John H. and SAYER Mary) was born on 21 Feb 1821 in Vermillion Lake. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: Managed (W/ Paul) Fur Trading Post @ Lac-Du-Flambeau, WI

3/16 Ojibwe

Basile H. Beauleu (son of Nicolas Basile Hudon Beauleu and Josette
Miville) came from Montreal, P. Q. Canada with his brother Paul to
Lac-du-Flambeau, Wisconsin about 1804. Voyageur with the North West
Fur Company, 1804-1805, Flambeau, Minnesota. Basile and his brother
Paul managed the Fur Trading Post at Lac-du-Flambeau, WI. In 1818
Basile is listed among the "Roster of Employees" of the American Fur
Company. Basile (Bazile) was listed by the North West Fur Company in
1805 in the Lac du Flambeau department with one year to serve on his
contract and a crdit of 16 livre on his account. He was hired by the
Michilimackinac Company on 9 July 1810 to winter at Lac du Flambeau
for 700 livre.(p. 33)19 The town of Beauleu, Mahnomen County,
Minnesota was named after the descendants of Basile and his Ojiway
wife. Basile H. Beauleu married in 1810 in Wisconsin an Indian Maiden
named O-Ge-mau-gee-shi-go-qua, which means Queen of the Skies, but
was called Marguerite Beauleu. (She was the daughter of the Indian
Chief, White Raven.) It is believed that Basile H. Beauleu died in
1838 and is buried in the Beauleu burial grounds at La Pointe,
Madeleine Island, Wisconsin.

Resided at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin Territory with the Northwest
Fur Co. in 1804. Emigrated from canada at that time.
His family came to America from France in 1764, being royalists in
the old country, and for meritourious services rendered to their
sovereign, "De Beaulieu" was added to their family name of "Hudon".

Bazil H. Beaulieu

Posted by Dick Campbell on Fri, 18 Jun 1999

The following is a quote from Alvin H. Wilcox's 1907 book "A Pioneer
History of Becker County Minnesota" Chapter XVIII, pages 260-261:

Among Mrs. West's papers I came across the following clipping from
the Detroit Record of January 27th, 1893:

Mr. Basil H. Beaulieu, an old and respected pioneer of Wisconsin and
Minnesota, has been commissioned by the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs a judge of the court of Indian offenses at this agency. Mr.
Beaulieu was tendered his commission and officially notified of his
appointment by Agent C. A. Ruffee on Monday. He is the proud
possessor of a document sear and yellow with age, it being one of the
three justice of peace commissions issued by the first territorial
governor of Wisconsin, Mr. Beaulieu being one of the three persons
appointed to execute the duties of that then honorable position, his
field being Brown County, in 1836.

As the name, Bazil H. Beaulieu, was identical with that of the Bazil
H. Beaulieu who came from Montreal in 1804, and believing that in
1836 he would be too young a man for the Bazil H. Beaulieu of 1804, I
wrote to Theodore H. Beaulieu of White Earth for information, and
received the following reply:

White Earth, Minn., Oct. 23, 1905.

HON. A. H. WILCOX
FRAZEE, MINN.,
My Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 16th inst., concerning the identity of Bazil
H. Beaulieu, who came from Montreal, Canada, and settled at Lac du
Flambeau, Wis., the then territory of Michigan, in 1804, etc., you
are respectfully informed that this person was my father's uncle and
a granduncle of mine. There were two brothers, Paul and Bazil Hudon
de Beaulieu. Paul was my father's father and my grandfather; Bazil
Hudon de Beaulieu was the father of the late Col. Clement H., Paul
H., Henry H. Beaulieu, and was also the father of Mrs. Catherine
Beaulieu Fairbanks (Mrs. Robert Fairbanks), Mrs. Margaret Beaulieu
Bisson (Mrs. Martin Bisson), Mrs. Gustave Borup, deceased, and Mrs.
Julia Beaulieu Oakes; the latter being the only surviving child of
the said Bazil Hudon de Beaulieu. She is at present at this agency
and is now 94 years of age, and still hale and hearty. My father, the
late Bazil H. Beaulieu, the second, was the only son of Paul Hudon de
Beaulieu, and is the person referred to in the clipping. My grand
uncle Bazil was stationed at Lac du Flambeau as an Indian trader, and
my grandfather Paul was at Vermillion Lake and also Red Cedar (now
Cass Lake), some time between 1830 or 1840 (I am not clear as to
date.) My grandfather removed to Navareno (now Green Bay, Wis.), and
settled there. Later on he purchased large tracts of land, as also
the old Stockbridge agency sawmill and grist-mill from the Government
on the south side of the Fox River and where is now built the
flourishing city of Kaukauna, Wis. Sometime about 1848 my father also
removed to Green Bay, and on the death of my grandfather he fell heir
to all of the property, he being the only child. Our family removed
from Kaukauna, Wis., about 26 years ago and settled at White Earth,
Minn. Both my grandfather and grandmother are buried at the old
French or mission cemetery at Green Bay, Wis. My mother and father
sleep in St. Benedict's mission cemetery, White Earth, Minn.

Appreciating the interest you manifest in the history of the sturdy
pioneers, who braved the wild and woolly days of your, and helped to
carve the crude paths of this grand commonwealth, I have the honor,
dear sir, to remain,

Very respectfully,
Theo H. Beaulieu

__________

The name "Beaulieu" was a nickname give to Pierre which would be Bazile's Grandfather. When in France - Pierre lived by a forest and the nickname had something to do with reference to that. I found some paperwork in French and had it translated by a man in Canada who was fluent in French.

The cemetery that Bazile is buried in - is in Madeline Island and it isn't the "Beaulieu Burial Ground" there are other catholics buried there. Bazile died 9/9/1938.

When Bazile, Paul and Roman came to the US - they went to Madeline Island. There are miles between Lac du Flambeau and Madeline Island. After Bazile and O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe were married - they went to Sault St Marie and Lac du Flambeau. I even had the chance to hold and open his "Money Box" - it is in good condition and I was trilled to hold it. I don't know where the name Racine name came from. When I went to Wisconsin - others out there didn't know where it came from either. She did have an Aunt who changed her name to "Marguerite"

The Bazile Beaulieu that was in Brown County, Wis - was Bazile's nephew. His dad is Bazile's brother Paul Orde Hudon Beaulieu.

The cemetery St Benedicts is also called Calvary - it is a Catholic cemetery in White Earth. Paul H Beaulieu - son of Bazile and O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe is buried there. There is a black fense are it and nephew and nieces are buried in that fenced area. Maria - Paul's wife is said to be buried in there without a head stone but I haven't spoken to a Sector yet to see what the records state.

O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe is buried in a hillside with no marker and the area is not taken care of. There is a well kept cemetery by where she is suppose to be buried by. It is believed that Hole in the Day is also buried in that hill side. Hole in the Day shot and killed O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's daughter in law's Maria Margaret Fairbanks Beaulieu's brother. It is also rumored that O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's grandson Colonel Clement Hudon Beaulieu killed Hole in the Day as retaliation but stories are that Hole in the Day's band members killed him. It will never be known who really killed Hole in the Day.

Julie Beaulieu

____________

Growing up on the Rez - we never knew about how relocation happened. We heard about the Cherokees and Sioux. In Red Lake we had a relocation program and we thought it was Indians in the 1950s going to cities to find jobs through the Aid of the BIA. I never thought that the Beaulieu's were on 3 removal orders almost 4.

1st with Madeline Island - because of the copper find.

2 from Sandy Lake/Lake Vermillion because of the massacre.

3 from Crow Wing because James Hill wanted the land for the railroad - since you are so close - it may be a nice ride to Crow Wing State Park - that was the Rez until James Hill took it. There are signs that will tell you where certain buildings were and Colonel Clement Beaulieu's house was re-eracted there. I knew about where O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikew was buried and when I seen it - it broke my heart. To think that this woman was responsible for populating northern Minnesota with Beaulieu's and their descendants and she's resting in overgrowth of weeds while the cemetery she is by - is well cared for.

4 when some of the Beaulieu's started to revolt against the Govt and the way they treated Natives and now they were educated to fight the fight - they received removal orders from White Earth until they proved through documentation where they had to choose what Rez they wanted to be recognized by - since Madeline Island was no more - they had no choice but to pick White Earth since everyone they ever knew was there. The Warrens, Caddotes and Beaulieu's were all shoved to White Earth even thought they were close by Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, Fond du Lac, etc.

Julie Beaulieu

Died:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1982461&GRid=11059040&

Bazile married Skies) Margaret Racine (O-ge-mau-gee-shi-go-quay) (Queen of the in 1810 in Lac de Flambeau, Oneida Co., WI. Margaret (daughter of Crow) Waub-ish-gaug-aug-e (White Raven or White and Waub-Ish-Gaug-Aug-E) was born about 1790 in WI; died in 1860 in Crow Wing, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptized as Marguerite Racine.

Marguerite Beauleu was born an Indian Maiden named O-Ge-mau-gee-shi-
go-qua, which means Queen of the Skies, but was baptized Margaret
Racine. (She was the daughter of the Indian Chief, White Raven.)

Marguerite Beauleu was born in 1790 in Wisconsin. The St. Croix, WI
census of 1840 says: Living with a son Clement H. Beauleu a female
age 50. The census of Crow Wing Village, Crow County, Minnesota of
1860: Dwelling #1 Clement H. Beauleu (her son) age 50 in same house
Marguerite Beauleu age 70, a female Indian, born in Wisconsin.
Marguerite Beauleu died in 1860 in Minnesota. Basile Hudon Beauleu
and Marguerite Beauleu had nine children.

Died:
She was buried in StFrancis Assisi, Crow Wing, Crow Wing, Minnesota. She has reference number 813sx.

O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe is buried in a hillside with no marker and the area is not taken care of. There is a well kept cemetery by where she is suppose to be buried by. It is believed that Hole in the Day is also buried in that hill side. Hole in the Day shot and killed O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's daughter in law's Maria Margaret Fairbanks Beaulieu's brother. It is also rumored that O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's grandson Colonel Clement Hudon Beaulieu killed Hole in the Day as retaliation but stories are that Hole in the Day's band members killed him. It will never be known who really killed Hole in the Day.

Julie Beaulieu

John married SAYER Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nicolas Basile Hudon dit Beauleu (son of Nicolas Hudon Beauleu and
Madeleine Miville dit Deshesnes) married Josette Miville, Noveber 18,
1782 at Riviere Ouelle, P.Q. Canada (daughter of Jean Miville and
Isabelle Baudet). His second marriage to Madeleine Dupuis January 18,
1802 at Maskinonge, P.Q. Canada.

Nicolas married DESCHENES Marie Josephte Dit Miville "Josette" on 18 Nov 1782 in Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada. Marie (daughter of DESCHENES Jean Baptiste (Miville) and BAUDET Isabelle) was born on 24 Dec 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: Ojibway chief of Lac Du Flambeau til death

Chief of Lac du Flambeau till his death in 1847.
Half-brother of the Sioux Wabasha.

Tribe: Chippewa Clan: Crane

Other Names: Ah-bish-ka-gog

Waub-ish-gaug-aug-e married Waub-Ish-Gaug-Aug-E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]