“the above account”
Date
2-10-1812
Newspaper
Wilson’s Knoxville Gazette
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Knoxville, Tennessee
Serial Number
444
Abstract
Brief account of the damage in the St. Francis river area. “a gentleman in attempting to pass from Cape Girardeau to the pass of St. Francis, found the earth so much cracked and broke, that it was impossible to get along. The source must be 50 miles back of the Little Prairie. Other have experienced the same difficulty in getting along, and a t times had to go miles out of their way to shun those chasms.”
Transcript
The above account is confirmed by letters received from that country. A gentleman in attempting to pass from Cape Gireadau to the pass of St. Francis, found the earth so much cracked and broke, that it was impossible to get along The course must be about fifty miles back of the little Prairie. Others have experienced the same difficulty in getting along, and at times had to go miles out of their way to shun those chasms. We have no idea that the principal cause of the shocks originated on the Mississippi-we have not yet heard the worst.
Recommended Citation
"“the above account”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 436.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/436
