A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1873: Embracing the Physical Features of the Country; Its Early Explorations; Aboriginal Inhabitants; French and British Occupation; Conquest by Virginia; Territorial Condition, and the Subsequent Civil, Military and Political Events of the StateIllinois journal Company, 1874 - 944 pages |
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... FURTHER EXPLORATIONS BY LA SALLE . His Indian Colony on the Illinois ; Discovers the Mouth of the Mississippi and takes possession of all the Country in the name of the King of France ; Builds Fort St. Louis on Starved Rock ; His Colony ...
... FURTHER EXPLORATIONS BY LA SALLE . His Indian Colony on the Illinois ; Discovers the Mouth of the Mississippi and takes possession of all the Country in the name of the King of France ; Builds Fort St. Louis on Starved Rock ; His Colony ...
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... further from the animal plain , and stands as a connecting link between the latter and spirit exist- ance . The present age still retains , in a diminished degree of activity , the geological forces of previous periods . Extensive flats ...
... further from the animal plain , and stands as a connecting link between the latter and spirit exist- ance . The present age still retains , in a diminished degree of activity , the geological forces of previous periods . Extensive flats ...
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... further observed that wherever there was a group of mounds three of them were uniformly larger and more favorably situated than the rest . The triune character of these images and mounds are supposed to represent the three principal ...
... further observed that wherever there was a group of mounds three of them were uniformly larger and more favorably situated than the rest . The triune character of these images and mounds are supposed to represent the three principal ...
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... further southward . When , in 1679 , La Salle visited the town it had greatly increased , numbering , according to Hennepin , 460 lodges , and at the annual assembling of the different tribes from 6,000 to 8,000 souls . The lodges ...
... further southward . When , in 1679 , La Salle visited the town it had greatly increased , numbering , according to Hennepin , 460 lodges , and at the annual assembling of the different tribes from 6,000 to 8,000 souls . The lodges ...
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... further , and endeavored to induce them to return , by reciting the dangers they must encounter in the further prosecution of the journey . They stated that huge demons dwelt in the great river , whose voices could be heard at a long ...
... further , and endeavored to induce them to return , by reciting the dangers they must encounter in the further prosecution of the journey . They stated that huge demons dwelt in the great river , whose voices could be heard at a long ...
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