Excerpt from Brief History of the Louisiana Territory Effect of transfer on Louisiana, 30. Creole Revolution, 31. New Orleans occupied by Spanish, 33. Founding of St. Louis, 35. Develop ment, 36. Life of early settlers, 37. Government, 38. The Spaniards in St. Louis, 39. Death of Laclede, 40. 'indian attack upon St. Louis, 40. Condition at time of the Purchase, 41. Religious quarrel at New Orleans, 42. Administration of Galvez, 43. Aid to Americans in Rev olution, 44. Echoes of the French Revolution, 45. The right of de posit and the treaty of Madrid, 46. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.