[45] Stoddard’s Sketches of Louisiana, pp. 211-224. Annals of the West; St. Louis Edition, 1850, p. 543. The aggregate population of Upper Louisiana at the period of the cession, was about 10,120, of which 3,760 were French, including a few Spanish families; 5,090 were Anglo-Americans, who had come into the country after 1790;--and 1,270 black people, who were slaves, with a few exceptions. Indians were not counted, although several bands had their villages within the bounds of the settlements. [46] The Spanish prison. Jail. [47] This is _Fife_ in French orthography, and the name of a Frenchman who first settled on it. [48] _Clo-shai_--a steeple. [49] Robert Lemen, Esq., of St. Clair county, Illinois. [50] Rev. Joseph Lemen, _ibid._ [51] Rev. James Lemen, then junior, now senior. [52] For about twenty years, we depend wholly on the recollections of his surviving friends, for the incidents of his life and labors. The facts have been obtained, but after protracted and diligent search, we cannot in all cases accurately fix the dates. In no instance do we vary from the exact period more than four or five years. [53] Red Staff, from the color of the flag-staff. [54] Rev. James Lemen, who narrated the incident to the author. [55] We extract the following correspondence from the WESTERN PIONEER, of which the author was editor, of February 16, 1831. “The following letter from Judge Brown to the editor will be read with pleasure by many of our subscribers. The venerable Father Clark has long been known in Illinois and Missouri as a prudent, but uncompromising advocate of human freedom and the rights of man. The ladies could not have paid the worthy father in the ministry a happier compliment than making him a member of the Colonization Society. CARROLLTON, Ill., December 25, 1830. DEAR SIR:--The cause of Colonization is gaining ground in our county, and many, both male and female, take a deep interest therein. The Rev. John Clark was constituted a life member of the auxiliary society of Greene County, on the 12th inst., by the patriotic ladies of Lofton’s prairie and its vicinity, who is the first person, so far as I know, who has been constituted by the ladies a member of that most benevolent institution. I hope for the honor of those ladies, and to stimulate others to follow the example they have set, you will publish the following resolution, with such remarks as you may deem proper to promote the cause of colonization, which I consider a most efficient means that ever have been adopted to civilize and Christianize the uncultivated and barbarous tribes of Africa, as well as to wipe away a foul stain from our national character. Respectfully your obedient servant, JEHU BROWN. CARROLLTON, Ill., Dec. 25, 1830. At a called meeting of the Auxiliary Colonization Society of Greene county, it was