. Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin . with St. Anges party, and the next yearwas commandant at Ste. Genevieve, where he seems ultimately to haveentered the Spanish service. In 1770 he had an altercation with theBritish commandant of! the Illinois, that was a subject of the two powers—Chicago Hist. Soc. Colls., iv, p. 364. In 1773,owing to some legal difficulties with the Spaniards, he returned toBritish Illinois, and when Capt. Hugh Lord retired thence in May,1776, he left Rocheblave in charge of British interests. There he Wascaptured, July 4, 177S, by
. Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin . with St. Anges party, and the next yearwas commandant at Ste. Genevieve, where he seems ultimately to haveentered the Spanish service. In 1770 he had an altercation with theBritish commandant of! the Illinois, that was a subject of the two powers—Chicago Hist. Soc. Colls., iv, p. 364. In 1773,owing to some legal difficulties with the Spaniards, he returned toBritish Illinois, and when Capt. Hugh Lord retired thence in May,1776, he left Rocheblave in charge of British interests. There he Wascaptured, July 4, 177S, by Col. George Rogers Clark, of the Virginiatroops, and sent prisoner to that state. Placed on parole, he eitherevaded or broke his agreement and by July, 1780 joined the Britishin New York. The next year he was in Quebec, claiming damages andback-pay. In 1782-83 he visited Detroit, and probably Kaskaskia, andat the close of the war retired with his family to Varennes, near Mon-treal. At one time he was a member of the provincial parliament, and[2141. PHILIPPE-PRANgOIS RASTEL, SIEUR DE ROCHEBLAVE Commandant at Massac and Kaskaskia. From portrait in possession of the family 1760] French Regime in Wisconsin will report with the greatest posaihle promptitude. He willexercise vigilance in the care of his supplies, as well as for thesafety of the detaclnuent contiJed to him, taking care to laudonly at ]>laces which appear to him most advantageous in af-fording shelter frum incursions of the enemy. Knowing the capacity and experience of Sieur de Rochehlavewe have thought that no better choico could be made to super-sede Sieur Decldtiet who at present comnumds at said fortMassiac, who will in accordance with our orders relinquish theCommand to him together with the instructions which he has re-ceived from M. de Macarty which we do not modify in any ofthe articles, authorizing them as if they had enumated from us,those which refer to the service of the Fort as well as thoserelating
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