"As we fell down the river, following the gentle stream of the waters, and discoursing upon those monsters, we heard a great noise of waters, and saw several small pieces of timber, and small floating islands, which were huddled down the river _Pekitanoni_. The waters of this stream (the Missouri) are so muddy, because of the violence of its stream, that it is impossible to drink of it; and they spoil the clearness of the Mississippi, and make its navigation very dangerous in this place. This river runs from the north-west; and I hope to discover, in following its channel to its source, some other river that discharges itself into the _Mar Marvejo_, or the _Caliphornian Gulf_. "About twenty leagues lower than the Pekitanoni, we met another river, called the Ouabouskigon; but before we arrived there, we passed through a most formidable place to the savages, who believe that a _manito_ or devil resides in that place, to deliver such as are so bold as to come near it. This terrible _manito_ proves to be nothing but some rocks in a turning of the river, about thirty feet high, against which the stream runs with great violence." This is probably the Grand Tower. "The river _Ouabouskigon_ (Ohio) comes from the eastward. The _Chuoanous_ (Shawneese) inhabit its banks; and are so numerous, that I have been informed there are thirty-eight villages of that nation situated on this river."--JAMES. _Comment by Ed._ James dates the start too early, for by Marquette's account, it was near the end of June ("sur la fin de Juin"); nor is James's version quite accurate. Compare the French of Marquette's account in _Jesuit Relations_, lix, p. 138. [064] Spelled also Brazos and Brazeau--a Perry County (Missouri) tributary of the Mississippi.--ED. [065] The Bois Broulé (Burnt Wood) Bottoms lie chiefly in Perry County, Missouri. The tract is about eighteen miles long and from four to six wide. For Kaskaskia River and settlement, see André Michaux's _Travels_, in our volume iii, note 132. For Ste. Geneviève, see Cuming's _Tour_, in our volume iv, note 174.--ED. [066] Among the nobles who fled from France during the Revolution was the father of Charles Dehault Delassus, last governor of Upper Louisiana under Spanish domination. The elder Delassus came to Ste. Geneviève, and was placed in command of a post established for him on a bluff overlooking the river, two or three miles below the town; this post was named New Bourbon (La Nouvelle Bourbon), in honor of the fallen French dynasty. The town which grew up around it was still in existence in 1812.--ED.