Histories

Baronet Vasquez -- first subagent for the Kansa -- was assigned that post in April, 1825, and served till his death in Auguste, 1828. The only persons employed for the Kansa up to September, 1828 (according to the St. Louis Indian superintendency report), were Subagent Vasquez and Gabriel Philibert, blacksmith. (The latter probably was hired in mid-1826 -- a record of tools purchased for Philibert bears the date July 11, 1826.)

During his tenure Antoine Fran?ois (Baronet) Vasquez maintained a home, and the agency headquarters, within present Kansas City, MO. He brought his wife, Emilie Forastin (Parent) Vasquez and children upriver from St. Louis, perhaps as early as 1825. (Frederick Chouteau was quoted, in 1880, as stating: "His (Vasquez) family was (in 1828) at my brother's agency in Randolph, where he had lived since 1825." This could be interpreted to mean that the Vasquez family had quarters supplied by Francis Chouteau -- first at "Randolph Bluffs"; and after the 1826 flood, at Chouteau's new location within present Kansas City, MO.)

According to the Rev. G. J. Garraghan (whose source of information was Vasquez family letters): "The Vasquez house [of 1828], a good-sized comfortable sort of building, was apparently rented at Government expense for the use of the Kansa Indian agent. It stood on the south bank of the Missouri ust below the mouth of the Kaw, probably [i.e., possibly] at what is now the foot of Gillis Street in Kansas City, MO.