. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . is, for his King, Lou-is XV. of France. The sketch yousee here is the first The French Settlers. 27 large well-built house put up in the town. Tis thefirst home of the well-known race of Chou-teaus. Up to this date St. Ange de Belle-rive, the chiefman here for the French Gov-ern-ment, had hiscamp in a place in Il-li-nois known as Fort Char-tres. He now came to St. Lou-is with his troops,and so this town got to be the one of great all the mencame to trade, andhere the com-merceof the State made itsnest in those days,just as it does in o
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . is, for his King, Lou-is XV. of France. The sketch yousee here is the first The French Settlers. 27 large well-built house put up in the town. Tis thefirst home of the well-known race of Chou-teaus. Up to this date St. Ange de Belle-rive, the chiefman here for the French Gov-ern-ment, had hiscamp in a place in Il-li-nois known as Fort Char-tres. He now came to St. Lou-is with his troops,and so this town got to be the one of great all the mencame to trade, andhere the com-merceof the State made itsnest in those days,just as it does in ourday on so vast ascale. How quaintthose old townswould look to us!How nice it musthave been to see lands laid out like one vast field in which each manhad a share to till and to reap and take care of!All were good friends. They could go from houseto house and share in the home cheer. Would younot like to have a peep at the wee French boys andgirls in their dress of chintz, with such small moc-ca-sins on their feet that one could wish a pair of. THE CHOU-TEAU MAN-SION, FIRST LARGE HOUSEBUILT IN MIS-SOU-RI. 28 History of Alissouri. them might be had now, to prize with the choicethings of a bric-a-brac case. The men wore wide pants made of coarse cot-toncloth, with a bright shirt; a wide belt held the pantsin place. At times a blan-ket with a hood was worn
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