See TROJA.
ILKHANS, The.
See PERSIA: A. D. 1258-1393.
ILLINOIA,
The proposed State of.
See NORTHWEST TERRITORY OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1784.
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ILLINOIS:
The aboriginal inhabitants.
See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: ALLEGHANS,
ALGONQUIAN FAMILY, and ILLINOIS.
ILLINOIS: A. D. 1673.
Traversed by Marquette and Joliet.
See CANADA: A. D. 1634-1673.
ILLINOIS: A. D. 1679-1682.
LaSalle's fort and colony.
See CANADA: A. D. 1669-1687.
ILLINOIS: A. D. 1679-1735.
The French occupation.
See CANADA: A. D. 1700-1735.
ILLINOIS: A. D. 1700-1750.
The "Illinois country" under the French.
"For many years the term 'Illinois country' embraced all the
region east of the Upper Mississippi as far as Lake Michigan,
and from the Wisconsin on the north to the Ohio on the south.
The extent of the Illinois country under the French varied but
little from the extent of the present State of Illinois. At a
later date, its limits on the east were restricted by the
'Wabash country,' which was erected into a separate
government, under the commandant of 'Post St. Vincent,'on the
Wabash River. … The early French on the Illinois were
remarkable for their talent of ingratiating themselves with
the warlike tribes around them, and for their easy
amalgamation in manners and customs, and blood. … Their
settlements were usually in the form of small, compact,
patriarchal villages, like one great family assembled around
their old men and patriarchs."
_J. W. Monette,
History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of
the Mississippi,
volume 1, pages 181-183._
See, also, LOUISIANA: A. D. 1719-1750.
ILLINOIS: A. D. 1751.
Settlements and population.
"Up to this time, the 'Illinois country,' east of the Upper
Mississippi, contained six distinct settlements, with their
respective villages. These were:
1. Cahokia, near the mouth of Cahokia Creek, and nearly five
miles below the present site of St. Louis;
2. St. Philip, forty-five miles below the last, and four miles
above Fort Chartres, on the cast side of the Mississippi;
3. Fort Chartres, on the east bank of the Mississippi, twelve
miles above Kaskaskia;
4. Kaskaskia, situated upon the Kaskaskia River, five miles
above its mouth, upon a peninsula, and within two miles of the
Mississippi River;