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Show 20 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. asked what he had to say for himself. With a quavering voice he said, "I come out mit de spring to stay mit de summer and go back mit de fall, but now I tink I vill stay all de vile." He was duly planted, and warranted to remain as a "permanent settler." The same winter the town of St. Charles was located on the east bank of Cherry creek. It was afterward^ called Denver, in honor of Governor Denver, of Kansas, this part of the Territory being at that time within the boundaries of Kansas. Those cottonwood trees became a focus for the converging rays of immigration, and the foundation for the " Queen City of the Plains" was laid without knowing ij. Therefore it may be said, Denver was not premeditated- it just happened. And now that it is "flourishing like a green bay tree," the pioneers love to sit under its wide-spreading branches and tell how it was planted and grew -talk over the days that "tried men's souls," and laugh over the customs that were new. Many of the tales told are more like the "Arabian Nights" stories than matter-of-fact history, as will appear in the course of our narratives. CHAPTER II. A RETROSPECT. Colorado had no distinctive position on the maps at that time, although the country had been explored as early as 1540 by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, who was sent out by the Spanish Viceroy of Mexico to glean information respecting the northern possessions claimed |