Annals of StLouis in its early days under the French and Spanish dominations . Louis . 58 Death of . 59 Will of 60-62 Biography ..... 391 Vasquez, B., Sr. 445 ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of F. L. Billon. Portrait of Madajme Chouteau. St. Louis in 1770. Plat of St. Louis in 1770. Beaugenou House, 1765. Chouteau Mansion. Church ant) Parish Residence. governinient house, 1765. Fort on the Hill, 1794. (500) »•.:- , ., I T. ^:^^>%^-,.l^.. ^^Cjr^^. ^^yd^/f c^, (^--Cyb- / SS6 ANNALS OF ST. LOUIS IN ITS liAKLY IMYS UNDRR IirK FRENCH AND SPANISH DOMINATIONS COMPILED BY FREDERIC L-. BILLON \\ ? FROM
Annals of StLouis in its early days under the French and Spanish dominations . Louis . 58 Death of . 59 Will of 60-62 Biography ..... 391 Vasquez, B., Sr. 445 ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of F. L. Billon. Portrait of Madajme Chouteau. St. Louis in 1770. Plat of St. Louis in 1770. Beaugenou House, 1765. Chouteau Mansion. Church ant) Parish Residence. governinient house, 1765. Fort on the Hill, 1794. (500) »•.:- , ., I T. ^:^^>%^-,.l^.. ^^Cjr^^. ^^yd^/f c^, (^--Cyb- / SS6 ANNALS OF ST. LOUIS IN ITS liAKLY IMYS UNDRR IirK FRENCH AND SPANISH DOMINATIONS COMPILED BY FREDERIC L-. BILLON \\ ? FROM AUTHENTIC DATA ST. LOUIS G. I. JONES AND COMPANY 1886 IV PREFACE. ideas, however erroneous, upon any subject-matter whatso-ever — ideas that they have perhaps imbibed from theirchildhood, comintj down to them with the authority andprestige of parents to children, particularly of occurrencesthat transpired before their da}^, and which have reachedthem through tradition alone, with its manifold errors andexaggerations ; and the almost useless task one undertakesin endeavoring to correct these erroneous I shall not endeavor to do, but will simply present thefacts in all cases as I found them, derived from the originalofficial Spanish and Fiench documents, most of them trans-lated by myself, some of them yet in the archives, andothers placed in my possession by descendants of the orig-inal participants
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