NEGLECTS TO SECURE MIIS GRANT.



of the possibility of the future triumphs of steam.
The Peytona and Capt. Shalleross were unknown at
St. Louis.
  The language of the memorial subsequently pre-
sented by the Pioneer to the Legislature of Kentucky,
indicated that before he left Virginia, the Spanish au-
thorities had held out assurances that, if he came to
dwell in their country, he should have " ample por-
tions of land for himself and his family." Indeed,
it shows that Don Lefion Trudeau invited him thith-
er - knowing, as he did, what would be his value as
a citizen.
  He knew the friendly feeling of the lieutenant go-
vernor towards him, and he may have thought that,
as there had been a readiness to overlook the techni-
cality of a personal residence, his grant would be
good in any event, even though he did not undertake
the formidable journey. And to him it was such. It
was a distance of thousands of miles, and into a coun-
try to which his habits had not led him. He thought
the friendship of Don Charles sufficient, without un-
dertaking at his age a further mission to Governor
Carondelet. More than this: he awaited, as a sure
result, the forthcoming power of the United States
to be extended over his new home, and he could not
but believe that his grant would be undisturbed. So
he did not go to New Orleans, but remained dischar-



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