Sketch of William Sublett, St. Charles County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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William Sublett and David Swope, both of Kentucky, settled in St.
Charles in 1818, and put up the first billiard table in that place.
Sublett served as a Constable in St. Charles, and afterward went
with Gen. William H. Ashley on his Rocky Mountain expedition.  He
had nothing but his rifle and a buckskin suit that was given him by
the citizens of St. Charles.  He was absent five years, and walked
all the way back, traveling at night and lying by during the day,
for fear of Indians.  Gen. Ashley, who had formed a strong friend-
ship for him, fitted him out with a stock of goods, and sent him
back to the mountains, where he made a fortune trading with the
Indians.  He then returned to St. Louis and opened a large store,
in company with Robert A. Campbell.  Sublett thought a great deal
of the Indians, and had a wigwam built in the rear of his store, 
where he maintained a family of them during his life time.  He had
no children, and at his death he willed his property to his wife, 
with the condition that it should belong to her so long as she did
not change her name.  His intention was that she should not marry
again, but she afterward married her husband's brother, Solomon, 
and retained the property while she evaded the intention of the will.	

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