id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 42322 Flagg, Edmund Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 1 .txt text/plain 121138 5550 69 Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements Sublimity--Villages--A new Geology--Rivers--Islands--Forests-Public Edifices--Square--Church--Bank--Land-office--"Illinois Island at the Falls of the Ohio, opposite the present city, land From this spot the river stretches away in a long delightful reach, the waters of the Muddy River enter the Mississippi from Illinois.[53] miles west of this village is said to exist a great natural curiosity, beautiful residence, and that series of ancient mounds for which St. Louis is famous, were next passed in succession, while upon the right years since was situated the little French village of _Cape au Gris_, the past few years, St. Louis remains emphatically "a little _French_ St. Louis, like most Western cities, can boast but few public edifices village presents a delightful summer-retreat to the citizens of St. Louis, only ten miles distant. beautiful mound, rising on the prairie's edge south of the village, are situated upon a beautiful eminence one mile west of the village, ./cache/42322.txt ./txt/42322.txt