The Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois: Containing a History of the County ... a Directory ... War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... Statistics ... History of the Northwest ... Etc., Etc |
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... Settlements .. Division of the Northwest Terri- Iowa . Tecumseh and the war of 1812 ...... 70 Black Hawk and the ... Settlement ... ..116 A Pioneer School House .. 89 Chicago in 1833 . .... 133 Farm View in the Winter ........ 90 Old ...
... Settlements .. Division of the Northwest Terri- Iowa . Tecumseh and the war of 1812 ...... 70 Black Hawk and the ... Settlement ... ..116 A Pioneer School House .. 89 Chicago in 1833 . .... 133 Farm View in the Winter ........ 90 Old ...
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... settlement there . " Peoria , Kaskaskia and Cahokia , are to this day monu- ments of LaSalle's labors ; for , though he had founded neither of them ( unless Peoria , which was built nearly upon the site of Fort Crevecœur , ) it was by ...
... settlement there . " Peoria , Kaskaskia and Cahokia , are to this day monu- ments of LaSalle's labors ; for , though he had founded neither of them ( unless Peoria , which was built nearly upon the site of Fort Crevecœur , ) it was by ...
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... settlement , is a fort . Along here , within five or six leagues , are not less than sixty habitations . Fifty leagues farther up is the Natchez post , where we have a garrison , who are kept prisoners through fear of the Chickasaws ...
... settlement , is a fort . Along here , within five or six leagues , are not less than sixty habitations . Fifty leagues farther up is the Natchez post , where we have a garrison , who are kept prisoners through fear of the Chickasaws ...
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... this vast realm , basing their claim on discovery and settlement . Another nation , however , was now turning its attention to this extensive country , and hearing of its wealth , began to lay plans. 32 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY .
... this vast realm , basing their claim on discovery and settlement . Another nation , however , was now turning its attention to this extensive country , and hearing of its wealth , began to lay plans. 32 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY .
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... settlement of the southeast of the Ohio , and guaranteeing that it should not be disturbed by them . These were the means used to obtain the first treaty with the Indians in the Ohio Valley . Meanwhile the powers beyond the sea were ...
... settlement of the southeast of the Ohio , and guaranteeing that it should not be disturbed by them . These were the means used to obtain the first treaty with the Indians in the Ohio Valley . Meanwhile the powers beyond the sea were ...
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