St. Charles--Its Origin--Peculiarities--Early Name--Spanish
Rule--Heterogeneous Population--Germans--The Wizard Spell--
American Enterprise--Site of the Village--Prospects--The
Baltimore Settlement--Catholic Religion and Institutions--
"St. Charles College"--The Race of Hunters--A Specimen--The
Buffalo--Indian Atrocities--The "Rangers"--Daniel Boone--
"Too Crowded!"--The "Regulators"--Boone's Lick--His Decease--
His Memory--The Missouri Indians--The Stoccade Fort--Adventure
of a Naturalist--Route from St. Charles--A Prairie without a
Path--Enormous Vegetation--The Cliffs--The Column of Smoke--
Perplexity--A delightful Scene--A rare Flower--The Prairie
Flora in Spring--In Summer--In Autumn--The Traveller loiters 276
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Novel Feature of the Mamelle Prairie--A Footpath--An old French
Village--Bewilderment--Mystery--A Guide--_Portage des Sioux_--
Secluded Site--Advantages--"Common Field"--Garden-plats--A brick
Edifice--A _courteous_ Welcome--An _amiable_ Personage--History
of the Village--Origin--Earthquakes--Name--An Indian Legend--
Teatable Talk--_Patois_ of the French Villages--An Incident!--
A Scene!--A civil Hint--A Night of Beauty--The Flush of Dawn--
The weltering Prairie--The Forest--The river Scene--The
Ferry-horn--Delay--Locale of Grafton--Advantages and Prospects 288