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The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world there is a terror in
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"The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi"

- George Catlin

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