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'''Born:''' c. 1750

'''Died: '''<span>1861 

'''Married:''' Yes

'''Children: '''[[Mitchell%20Sabattis|Mitchell Sabattis]], Betsey Ann Catlin, Solomon Sabattis, Hannah Sabattis

'''Captain Peter Sabattis''' was an Abenaki, [[https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2014/10/mitchell-sabattis-abenaki-adirondack-guide-and-boatbuilder.html|said to be]] one of the earliest settlers in Long Lake, moving there  early 1830s.  His honorific "Captain" was based on his service to the American side in the Revolution and the War of 1812, helping to blaze trails for military movements.

'''Sources:'''
* Melissa Otis, ''Rural Indigenousness'', pp. 121-4, Syracuse University Press, 2018
* [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Alfred_L._Donaldson|Alfred L. Donaldson]], ''[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/A_History_of_the_Adirondacks|A History of the Adirondacks]]'', vol. 2, pp. 81-2

 

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