The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-01

broadened the friendly policy of his pre-
decessor towards the American colonies.
st. Louis Founded.
Turning now to other parts of the
purchase territory, we find that Village
du Cote, now St. Charles, on the Mis-
souri, river, was the first village built
west of the Mississippi and north of
Arkansas. The date Of this settlement
was 1862 On the 18th of February, 1854
st. Louis was founded by Father La
clede, and named after the canonized
Louis TX. of France; not after Louis
XIV, who was a somewhat soiled saint
The Louisiana Fur company, which the
enterprising friar represented, had the
exclusive right to trade with the Mia-
souri, river Indians. Antoine Maxent
was the active trading agent of the COM
pany. Auguste Chouteau took charge
of the building operations, which he car
ried forward with energy. The arrival
of the French commander, st. Ange de
Bellirive, with fifty men, In July, 1885,
made st. Louis the future capital OF
upper Louisiana. 1t was while on visit
to this hospitable French officer that the
great chief and warrior, Pontiac, was
killed on the opposite side of the river
by a Kaskaskia Indian enemy.
In the winter of 1770-n Don Ped$o
governor at New Orleans to take civil
and military command. St. Louis pros
pered under his wise and conservative
policy. After narrowly escaping destruc-
ton from a dangerous British and In
dian plot in 1850 the peace of 1888 found
the town fiourishing under the intelligent
administration Of Gov. Piernas. Referring
to date four years prior, the Historian
Bancroft says:
'sThe Spanish town of st. Louis was
fast rising into Importance as the center
of the fur trade with the Indian nations
on the Missouri
The Victorious Galvez.
Returning to lower Louisiana 1t Is re-
freshing to find a brave and brilliant
soldier still conducting it's affairs. No
sooner had the news Of declaration Of
war by Spain against Great Britain peen
received. at New Orleans, than Gov. Gal
vez invested and captured Fort Butte,
Baton Rouge and Fort Panmure. Sharing
in these daring exploits were 100 Amer.
leans and Canadians who took the re-
quired oath of allegiance and permanent
ly settled In louisiana, The victories OF
Gal>sez and his later capture of Pensa-
cola, seem to have had an influence on
the action of the American congress.
That body was guilty Of vacillation and
made the bad break of instructing It's
minister to Spain in 1881, John Jay, to
abandon the free navigation Of the MIS-
sissippi below 81 degrees Of north lati-
tude provided Spain would form an al
lance with the United States and recog-
nize their independence. Jay submitted
draft of treaty providing that the
foregoing proposal or clause should be
void if the alliance were postponed to
general peace. The foresight of Minister
Jay, coupled with the habitual dilatori-
ness Of Spanish officials, probably kept
us from being submerged in a sea OF
troubles. The strong men who pusnea
American civilization towards and to the
Mississippi must not be forgotten. The
wielders of the ak and the rifle; the
builders of log cabins and of settlements;
the founders of towns and of states; these
are the pioneers who fell the forests and
hew the westward way. The greatest OF
these backWoods warriors and Middle
West winners was George Rogers Clark
He brought about the organization of
Kentucky as county of Virginia, in It'll,
he entered upon the conquest of Illinois,
establishing a military post opposite
Louisville, capturing Kaskaskia, Vincen-
mes, and relieving Cahokia in 1880, from a
desperate attack of British and Indians,
and rendering other services of far-reacn-
ing Importance.
From the commencement of Daniel
Boones effectual pioneer work in liz,
he advanced his lines held his outposrs
and moved towards the Mississippi as his
destination. Sewer and Robertson ex-
tended North Carolina to the Great river
boundary by adding Tennessee and
taught thousands to be true and brave
by example. These and a hundred fame
less, though noble heroes, by standing
bravely by their posts of duty and their
outposts of danger in the then far West,
made the amazing addition to our public
dominion possible, through the great
peace treaty with England in 17S5.
James @. Howard.