It is a remarkable fact, that the first four permanent settlements in the Great West, on the banks of the "Father of Waters", have been completely destroyed and swept away by the floods of this monarch of rivers; and strange it is to say, that of Fort Chartres, Kaskaskia, "Le Vieux village de Ste. Genevieve" and New Madrid nothing is left of them. Their old landmarks and monuments, even many of the tombs and graves of the pioneers have been carried away by the floods: and like the immortal De Soto's remains, have been swept into the great waters of the gulf, buried forever as is often the fate of the founders of nations and empires.
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