Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Peoria, Ill.” in alphabetic letter T, entry group 4, entry tonti-henri-chevalier-de of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...the French army in his youth, and in the French naval service he lost a hand.
In 1678 he accompanied La Salle to Canada, and assisted him in his Western explorations, building a fort on the site of Peoria, Ill. , in 1680.
He descended the Mississippi to its mouth with La Salle in 1682.
In 1684 he went to the mouth of the Mississippi to meet La Salle, and attempted a settlement of Europeans in Arkansas.
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