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Excerpt from Edwards's Great West and Her Commercial Metropolis: Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, From the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time; With Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Old Settlers, and Many of the Most Prominent Business Men
Pedro Fismes. - His Policy. - His Character. - His popularity.-death of St. Ange de Bellerive. - His character.-his Will. - Piernas is threatened with Assassina tion by an Osage chietfi - Cruzat becomes lieutenant-governor. - The American Revolution. - The hatred of the Spaniards to the English. - Smuggled Goods. Ferry across the Maramec. - Character of Cruzat. - Don Fernando de Leyba.
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