The Mississippi near Ste. Genevieve

Description

Around noon of March 22, the steamer passed the mouth of the Kaskaskia River below the site of the old French trading settlement of that name situated on the Illinois side of the river. That afternoon it reached the village of Ste. Genevieve. Maximilian described the approach to this village in his journal, commenting, "In front to the right, the river, because of its bend, seems to go through a narrow opening (see Mr. Bodmer's sketch)....The steamboat Arg’äεs overtook us near Ste. Genevieve.... It passed us and we landed."