He was possessed with a mania for patronizing Yankee ingenuity, and seeing his friends fitly furnished forth.

他陷入了对美国式独创性的狂热爱好，务必要使朋友们的家恰当地装备起来。

With Yankee ingenuity they turned to trading on the river, building before 1836 three prosperous centers of traffic: Dubuque, Davenport, and Burlington.

凭借北方佬的聪明才智， 他们转向河上贸易，在 1836 年之前建立了三个繁荣的交通中心：迪比克、达文波特和伯灵顿。