Note 72 — VII
Reading edition
For the history of Carondelet, see Maximilian's Travels, in our volume xxii, p. 215, note 124.
For reference to Cahokia, see A. Michaux's Travels, in our volume iii, p. 70, note 135.
On May 20, 1826, Congress made an appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars to the secretary of war, for the purpose of purchasing the site for the erection of an arsenal in the vicinity of St. Louis. Lands now far within the southeastern limits of the city were purchased, and the buildings erected which were used for arsenals until January 16, 1871, when they were occupied as a depot for the general mounted recruiting service.—Ed.