The History of Illinois: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

American arms army arrived attack attempted banks battle Black Hawk Book of Mormon brave British posts Cahokia canal canoes Captain Heald ceded cession chief Chippewas Clair Colonel Clarke command commenced council detachment Detroit dians dollars Duhaut encampment enemy English erected expedition Father fifty fire forests Fort Malden Fort Vincennes France French friends garrison George Rogers Clarke Governor guns Higgins horses hostile hundred Illinois River immediately Indian tribes inhabitants Kaskaskia Kaskaskia River killed Lake Lake Michigan lands Little Turtle Marquette massacre ment Miami miles military militia Mississippi Mormons murdered Nauvoo North-western Territory officers Ohio party peace Pontiac possession prairie Prairie du Chien prisoners rangers retreat rifle Rock River Sacs Salle savages sent settlements settlers Smith soldiers soon spirit Tecumseh thousand tion took town treaty of 1804 troops United village Vincennes Wabash warriors Wayne whole wounded