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there du sable made during his lifetime . this depiction is are taken from a.t. andreas ' book '' history of chicago no '' -lrb- 1884 -rrb- . known portraits of jean baptiste point 28 august 1818 st. charles , missouri territory , u.s. unknown point sable , pointe dusable de sable , point au sable , point unknown the french colony of saint domingue ; traditionally stated to be haitian , from `` founder of chicago '' jean baptiste point du sable andreas 1884.jpg jean baptiste point du sable
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jean baptiste point du sable

jean baptiste point du sable -lrb- or point de sable , point au sable , point sable , pointe dusable -rrb- -lrb- before 1750 -- august 28 , 1818 -rrb- is regarded as the first permanent resident of what became chicago , illinois .
little is known of his life prior to the 1770s .
in 1779 , he was living on the site of present-day michigan city , indiana , when he was arrested by the british military on suspicion of being an american sympathizer in the american revolutionary war .
in the early 1780s he worked for the british lieutenant-governor of michilimackinac on an estate at what is now the city of st. clair , michigan , before moving to settle at the mouth of the chicago river .
he is first recorded living in chicago in early 1790 , having apparently become established sometime earlier .
he sold his property in chicago in 1800 and moved to st. charles , missouri , where he died on august 28 , 1818 .
point du sable has become known as the `` founder of chicago '' .
in chicago , a school , museum , harbor , park and bridge have been named , or renamed , in his honor ; and the place where he settled at the mouth of the chicago river in the 1780s is recognized as a national historic landmark , now located in pioneer court .
