Tradition recounted to Stephen White,  by Wilfred A. Samson of Arichat, 7
Nov 1975:  "During the time when Acadians who remained in Cape Breton after
the second capture of Louisbourg in 1758 were concealing themselves from British
soldiers, Charles Boudrot lived in the area that is now Richmond County.  The
Acadians in this period of concealment lived a nomadic type of existence, and
Charles Boudrot supported himself and his young family by the traditional
arts of the woodsman and hunter.  Having no real weapons besides his own wits,
Charles relied upon snares to catch game.  One day he caught and killed a
porcupine in this manner. As he was removing the animal from the trap, he heard
someone approaching through the brush.  Fearing that it was one of the British
soldiers, Charles prepared quickly to defend himself with the only weapon
available to him - the porcupine.  At the last possible moment before the menacing
intruder emerged from the brush, Charles flung the porcupine and hit another
Acadian.  From then on this Charles Boudrot was known among the Acadians in the
area as Charlo Madouesse (from the Indian name for porcupine, generally used by
the Acadians) and his descendents have retained the nickname to this day. "

From Eileen Avery:
There are a lot of generations with a Charles BOUDREAU/BOUDROT in the
MADOUESSE group. Do I have the generations sorted out correctly now?
Generation 1 - Michel BOUDROT & Michelle AUCOIN
Generation 2 - Abraham BOUDROT m. ca 1686 Cecile MELANSON
Generation 3 - Michel dit Miquetau BOUDROT m. [1st] 22 Jan 1714 Anne LANDRY
Generation 4 - Charles BOUDROT dit MADOUESSE m. ca 1754 Marguerite DUGAS
Generation 5 - Francois BOUDROT m. Marguerite DeVEAU
Generation 6 - Charles BOUDROT m. Henriette LANDRY