Pierre Drouillard, Scout

Pierre Drouillard was employed by the British Indian Department as an interpreter of the Huron language at the time of the Revolutionary War, and is credited with saving the life of Simon Kenton, a prisoner of the Indians at Sandusky, in 1778.

http://drouillard.us/pierre_drouillard__simon_kenton

The people buried in the Ste Anne's Church cemetery
were reburied at Mount Elliott cemetery at a mass grave memorialized

1st wife: Asoundechris Flat Head - Shawnee Indian
Child
1. Pierre "George" Drouillard, c. 27 Sep 1775, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit, Erie, MI d. May 1810, Three Forks of the Missouri River, Gallatin Co., MT
(Guide, interpreter, and hunter for the Lewis & Clark Expedition)
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2nd wife: Marie Angelique Descomps Dit Labadie, b. 14 Feb 1760, d. After April 1824
Married 20 Nov 1776 Ste. Anne, Detroit
?Marriage contract between Pierre Drouillard and Angelique Labadie dated 19 Nov 1776 in the Labadie Family Papers held by the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Children
1. Son Drouillard, b. 17 Aug 1777, d. 17 Aug 1777
2. Marie "Louise" Drouillard, b. 05 Dec 1778, d. 01 May 1855
3. Cecile Drouillard, b. 14 Jun 1780, d. 17 Jun 1780
4. Catherine Drouillard, c. 09 Oct 1781, Ste. Anne, Detroit , bur. 06 Apr 1861, Assumption, Sandwich
5. Elisabeth Drouillard, b. 03 Feb 1783, d. 30 May 1783
6. Francois Xavier Drouillard, b. 13 Mar 1784, d. 26 Jan 1852
7. Therese Drouillard, b. 02 Apr 1786, d. 09 Feb 1788
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3rd wife: Susan Miller
Children
1. Drusilla Drouillard
2. Eleanor "Ellen" "Hannah" Drouillard
3. Joseph Drouillard, b. 01 Sep 1796, Wellsburg, Brooke County, Virginia (now West Virginia) , d. 10 Mar 1895, Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH
4. Simon Kenton Drouillard, b. 1801, Kenton's Station (now Washington), Mason County, KY , d. 1852-1860, At or near Placerville, El Dorado, CA
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Notes
In 1775 Pierre was taken into the British Indian Department as an official interpreter of the Huron language. He was paid 16 shillings, York, per day. The Revolutionary War started in 1776. The British did not begin using Indians against the Kentucky frontier until 1777. Pierre was credited with saving the life of Simon Kenton, a prisoner of the Indians at Sandusky.
Taken from "Genealogie des Drouillards" by Hazel M. (Lauzon) Delorme, available at the Société Franco-Ontarienne Library in Belle River, Ontario.
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Parents:
Jean Baptiste DROUILLARD (1707-1755)
Marie "Elisabeth" RAPIN (1712-1787)
Both born & died in Canada
Jean & Elisabeth had 11 children