There were no elections, assemblies, or the like.

A single magistrate, or Syndic, decided all disputes and made the few regulations and enforced them.
There were no land speculators, no dry-mouthed sons of the commercial Tantalus, athirst for profits.

Boone used to say that his first years in Missouri were the happiest of his life, with the exception of his first long hunt in Kentucky.
In 1800 he was appointed Syndic of the district of Femme Osage, which office he filled for four years, until Louisiana became American territory.

He was held in high esteem as a magistrate because of his just and wise treatment of his flock, who brought him all their small bickerings to settle.

He had no use for legal procedure, would not listen to any nice subtleties, saying that he did not care anything at all about the EVIDENCE, what he wanted was the TRUTH.