Pain Court => St. Louis? (fwd)

[Rory M Larson]

>> Does this imply that St. Louis is originally a Spanish designation for
the
>> place? That would be interesting.
>
> No, it was founded in 1764 by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Choteau (c. 15
at
> the time), on a site they had selected the previous year.  They named St.
> Louis in honor of Louis IX (the crusader king).  Laclede noted in his
> journal that he wondered if it might not become an important place some
> day.

Interesting!  But I'm still confused about where Pain Court
comes into the equation.  Was that the site's name prior to
1764?  Or was it a nickname applied later by voyageurs?

Rory