Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-28

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though the early constitution Of st.
Louis, % long a. it vas q foreign set
Element, was essentially French, il VA
but for an extremely short space OF
time under any legalFrench government
1t made . part Of the French provinces
of Louisiana. and Was established in
l76S by Q fur trader, Pierre Laclede Lin.
goests, uader authority Of the Governor
General at New Orleans, and vas named
after that gracious 100000 sovereign,
Louis XIV. But it was precisely in l76a
that Louis Xv., terminating by the
Treaty Of Paris his disastrous conflict
known in Europe a. tho seven Years
War, and here - the Old French War,
vas obliged to yield to spain al Of the
French possessions on the west bank Of
the 4isSissippi, together with New Or
leans, and to Great Britain those ON the
east bank.
The new domination, however, bv no
means began at onoe, not BY reason OF
resistance 70 u, but for reasons connect.
Cd With the sparsity Of population, the
distances to b travelled, and lack of
physical ability in the new ownership
70 manifest its power. Four years after
ward, or in 1766, some spanish soldiers
under Rios arrived at st. Louis and
completed the transfer. and it vas not
till 1850 that the first Spanish Governor,
Pedro Piernss, was installed.
Meanwhile, many French settlers Who
had established themselves in q line of
posts on the other aide of the river.
along . trail kept open from Canada,
preferring, after the treaty of Paris, q
Latin domination at least 20 that of
Great Britain, had crossed over and
joined their o0mpatri0ts. Principal
among these was Capt. st. Auge do
Bellerive, who had commanded ut Fort
ChAItreo, near where Kaskaskis now
stands. He brought With him forty
soldiers OF his garrison. He vas invsae-
cd at st. Louis with the chief command,
both military and OWL, and continued
to retain it, or something like IL, BY his
personal influence, long after be was
n0minally superseded. He had great
power, among other ways, over the In
dian tribes. and made the famous Pom
tiac his personal friend.
The spanish regime continued peace
fully under some ave or six Governors
down 70 1904. when the whole territory,
having hfst beon re-transferred 70
France after the victories Of Napoleon,
vas sid BY Napoleon 20 the United
States, in Je6ers0n's Prssidenoy, for
&l5, COO.
The Indian tribes in those days were
an important auxiliary even in the wars
Of the Europeans. Just a. French and
Indians Organised for the massacre Of
Braddock near Fort Du Quesne, or
Pittsburgh, tho British brought down
Indians upon the French settloments Of
thD West In 1859. llOo savaees from
the vicinity OF Maokinaw, said to have
been led BY 140 British regulars, sud
denly appeared before 81. LOUIS and
made here's onslAuRht upon u. They
pr0aoh Of Q body Of Americans-foF We
- they aided ~ 1t Yorktown-oom-
pleesd their discom6tors. This was
known - the year Of tie Grand Coop.
just - the arrival Of ten boats toQsthes
at another time for protection against
robbers. an extraordinary prevalence OF
honeyooea, and the like, In the annals Of
the small settlement. caused distinctive
appellatioos 10 b oonfeeeed on ths
ysaxs IN which they tack plas&
o0SDt00, N AoOep - u0AbyO Ovob = lseos~
village Of LEO houses and thres streets,
in one of which vas log church, under
the iurisdiction, Ike al other soeleei
astioal mattesD in the provinces, Of the
Bishcpeie Of Cnba. Around the village
vas line e stoekaAe and stOue fort
rsssss. erected b. the Spaniah 0ovssnos
Cruxat, after the Iadian invasion before
msnsionsd. Up 10 fey years ago thsrs
was etill sanding on the river bank On
old round 'vsF, eomethinR like thl
diaputsd mill ct Newport. which had
oucs made paSt Of thess primitive FORT
6caSiOns.
The pretty village of Cahokia, On III
Other Gds Of the Sivos, strange 70 STATE
was theo ths only poi ol6se for q
I.oois. a mail, carried on hosseoAek
arrived thogo onos . moa1A. Nov ca
hokia has mot even . posi- olAoe Of u
own, bas hAs 70 90 I've nils, up - Eas
g.. Loais, for il ettses.--WMIxAn HI
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