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stantly in danger of Indian attacks and displeased at "the innumer-
able snares and rogueries of which they had been the victims from
the moment when they struck America" would adopt with enthu-
siasm "the idea of settling near the Illinois river." He reported
that he had received a communication from a friend who was acting
upon the instruction of the French Company, asking if he could ar-
range for the reception of these colonists and for those who were to
come from Europe. They desired lands and were willing to pay for
them. The leaders, likewise, proposed to pay their own expenses
and to advance money for such families as needed assistance.
Tardiveau proposed to go to France, via New Orleans and Phila-
delphia, for the purpose of arranging all necessary details. He
expected also to visit Savoy, the Swiss Cantons, Germany, Flan-
ders, Holland, and, finally, "all countries where Frenchmen were
found assembled." He engaged to secure those who by their con-
dition, fortune, standing, and influence, were capable of contribut-
ing to the attainment of the proposed plan. He estimated the
number who might be obtained at between two and three hun-
dred thousand, unless they should be forced to take up their resi-
dence in the United States because of the failure of the Spaniards
to push the proposed plan. He asked that the expense of this
voyage be paid and that he be given certain commercial conces-
sions. In his final recommendation he suggested that the matter
be kept a secret until everything was ready for the execution of
the plan.30 But due to a new revolution in France, Tardiveau
was compelled to change his plans and to make an agreement with
Duhault Delassus and Pedro Audrain by which they bound them-
selves to establish flour mills near St. Genevieve and to introduce
one hundred families from Gallipolis. This new settlement was
to be given the name of Nueva Bourbon as a compliment to royal-
ists and as a warning to those who had followed the fortunes of
the revolutionary party. In regard to this plan, Baron de Caron-
delet, the new governor of Louisiana, who was particularly partial
to the French, said:
The importance of the matter, the necessity for speedy decision,
the numberless advantages which it represents, the well known
character of the commissioners, their ability and fortunes, the im-
80Tardiveau to Aranda, July 17, 1792, Houck, The Spanish R.gime in
Missouri, 359-368.184
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