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How did he get his name?
Ten Bears
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Paruasemena first came to the attention of Anglo-Americans in 1853 when he signed the Treaty of Fort Atkinson, although his name was there translated as 'Ten Sticks', a confusion of /parua/ 'bear' with /paria/ 'dogwood stick'. The error was corrected in the 1854 revision of the treaty