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Show ' .7 IS IT YOURS? I -i ji i.iKv dubuqit: Janunry JO, 176 The town of Dubuque, Iowa, was named after lulien Dubuque who was 'born near Quebec, in 1TC. His family had come from Normandy to settle In Canada more than a hundred years before this. At that time. Canada was verj sparsely settled, even around Quotie-c Such education as tho boy managed to get was to be had from the French Canadian priests. But theology did not Interest him as much a.s adventure ind he preferred to learn the Indian tongue to T.atln He became a trader with tho Indians. In-dians. He had an amazing knack of getting on with them and used H sorts of tricks which tils alight education educa-tion had taught him in order to de-iceivo de-iceivo and Impress them, Onco when they refused to give him something he wanted, he threatened to set thir creek on fire. And when they laughed at him, he went up stream, poured oil on tne water and eet It ablaze, appearing appear-ing before them again through the black smoke. Tho Indians called him "Ulttle Cloud" after tins nnd were very much Impressed. lie traveled far out west where white men had not been and In Iowa found some lead mlms which tho Indians In-dians were working inefficiently. He Introduced efficient methods, made a lot of money rmj began buying up land, which at thai time cost practically prac-tically nothing Ho nettled down here and begun inducing other settlers Into tho countiy. As land grew valuable his fortune increased although long after his death his family were In continual con-tinual law suits about It. Dubuque himself continued to trade with the Indians. He lived among them until his death In 1810. oo |