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 | | A son, Alexis, was born in 1798, and was sent to school in Montreal for a few years, eventually becoming the American Fur Company agent at Mendota (MN), and was elected to the first Minnesota territorial legislature; the couple had at least five more children, then separated before 1810. |
 | | During the 1812 war he was arrested by American troups for recruiting Indian warriors for the British, was detained for three months, then released on parole; before the close of the war he commanded a party of Indians in three engagements against the Americans. |
 | | All of Bailly’s children were provided with a good education and the entire family used the extensive library that Joseph had accumulated, which included works of history, fiction, and poetry. |
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