Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825, Vol. 2 (of 2) Or, Journal of a Voyage to the United States
CHAPTER IX.
Changes produced in the navigation of the Mississippi since the introduction of Steam—Arrival at Kaskaskia—The Canadians and Indians—Singular meeting with a young Indian educated among the Whites, and returned to savage life—Indian Ballad—State of Illinois—Departure from Kaskaskia—Separation of General Lafayette and the Louisiana deputation 129