Sioux City Historic Dead People By Dylan Divis

Sioux City Historic Dead People By Dylan Divis and John Weinmann

War Eagle Wambdi Okicize is commonly known as War Eagle. He was born somewhere in the upper Midwest. He was known as War Eagle despite him often being peaceful. War Eagle served as a riverboat guide on the upper Mississippi. He was very proud to receive a silver medal by the president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. He was very good friends with Theopile Bruguier, the founder of Sioux City.

First Brides Grave (Rosalie Menard Leonais) First Bride’s Grave monument was built in 1938 Rosalie Menard Leonais is referred to as “the first bride” because she was believed to be the first bride of a non-Native American in the area that would become Sioux city Rosalie was born in 1838 Daughter of a French/Canadian fur trader Rosalie got married sometime around 1852 She was a teenager when she married her twenty-nine year old husband

Herbert John Quick Sioux City mayor from 1898 to 1900 He studied law in Sioux City fo 19 years. He gained experience early on by reporting and editing for farm newspapers. He was best known for his trilogy “Vandemark’s Folly”, “The Hawkeye”, and “The Invisible Woman” that brought to life the joys and hardships of Iowa pioneers. He died on a farm at Berkeley Springs, W. Va of a heart attack.

Theophile Bruguier First white settler on the land that would become Sioux City. He was born on August 31, 1813 in Montreal, Canada He became engaged to a young French girl, Marie. Just before the marriage, she became very ill with cholera and died. A grieving Bruguier left Canada to become a a fur trader/interpreter for the American Fur Company. Later he went independent and traded furs with the Sioux Indians. He met and developed a strong relationship with a Yankton Sioux tribe led by Chief War Eagle.

Sergeant Charles Floyd is famous for being the only person who died on the Lewis and Clark expedition And he was the first soldier to die west of the Mississippi Floyd was born in Kentucky around 1782 In 1803, Floyd joined the Corps of Discovery, the military expedition that would explore the Louisiana Territory The night of August 19 th 1804, Floyd became sick with Bilous Colic, or a gallbladder attack He died just south of Sioux city on August 20, 1804

Sources Siouxcityhistory. org Desmoinesregister. com