Single Blessedness--Text and Comment--_En Route_--North St.
Louis--A Delightful Drive--A Delightful Farm-cottage--The
Catholic University--A Stately Villa--Belle Fontaine--A Town
plat--A View of the Confluence--The _Human Tooth_--The Hamlet
of Florissant--Former Name--Site--Buildings--Church--Seminary--
_Tonish_--_Owen's Station_--Scenery upon the Route--
_La Charbonnière_--The Missouri Bottom--The Forest-Colonnade--
The Missouri--Its Sublimity--Indian Names--Its Turbid
Character--Cause--An Inexplicable Phenomenon--Theories--
Navigation Dangerous--Floods of the Missouri--Alluvions--
Sources of the Missouri and Columbia--Their Destinies--Human
Life--The Ocean of Eternity--Gates of the Rocky Mountains--
Sublimity--A Cataract--The Main Stream--Claims stated 257
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View of St. Charles and the Missouri--The Bluffs--"A stern round
Tower"--Its Origin--The Windmill--A sunset Stroll--Rural Sights
and Sounds--The River and Forest--The Duellist's Grave--The Hour
and Scene--_Requiescat_--Reflections--Duelling--A sad Event--
Young B----.--His Request--His Monument--"Blood Island"--Its
Scenes and Annals--A visit to "_Les Mamelles_"--The Forest-path--
Its Obscurity--Outlines of the Bluffs--Derivation of Name--
Position--Resemblance--The Missouri Bluffs--View from The
Mamelle--The Missouri Bottom--The Mamelle Prairie--The distant
Cliffs and Confluences--Extent of Plain--Alluvial Origin--
Lakes--Bed of the Rivers--An ancient Deposite 268