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In 1836 he moved to Mascoutah, St. Clair County, 
Illinois, not far from St. Louis, where he found 
much congenial company. German University men 
who were political refugees, like himself, with their 
families and relatives, were settling in St. Clair Coun- 
ty in large numbers. Their inexperience in the un- 
wonted task of cultivating the soil led to their being 
called by their less educated neighbors, somewhat 
jeeringly, “Die Lateiner’ (the Latins). But as a 
class they succeeded, and have left their impress to 
this day on the community. Here Dr. Wislizenus 
practiced as a country physician for three years; and 
then used his modest savings for the trip to the Rocky 
Mountains of which he wrote in German the sketches 
which follow in translation. 
Upon his return he entered into partnership with 
Dr. George Engelmann for the practice of medicine 
in St. Louis. There subsisted between these two men, 
till death parted their company, a friendship of which 
only strong characters are capable. Wislizenus de- 
voted himself to his practice till 1846, when he 
could not resist the longing for further explorations. 
He joined the expedition of a merchant (Speyer) to 
Santa Fe. This time he was better provided than 
on his excursion to the Rocky Mountains. He had 
the help of a servant; and in his wagon he not only 
carried an adequate scientific outfit, but also brought 
back valuable collections. From Santa Fe he pushed 
on to Chihuahua. By this time the war between the 
United States and Mexico was on in earnest. Wisli- 
