Eye witness accounts of the New Madrid earthquake of 1811

I just thought that with the large EQ we just had today along the New Madrid fault we might want to read eye witness account of the humongous one that hit in 1811 so we can pray we don't get another as large in that area.

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

Eye witness accounts of the 1811 EQ predicted to the day by Chief Tecumseh (he posted hid prediction on the smoke signal GLP forum).
[link to www.showme.net]