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Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Illinois Indians,
A family of the Algonquian nation that comprised several clans—Peorias, Moingwenas, Kaskaskias, Tamnaroas, and Cahokias.
At a very early period they drove a Dakota tribe, whom they called the Arkansas, to the country on the southern Mississippi.
These were the Quapaws.
In 1640 they almost exterminated the Winnebagoes; and soon afterwards they waged war with the Iroquois and Sioux.
Their domain was between Lakes Michigan and Superior and the Mississippi River.
Marquette found some of them (the Peorias and Moingwenas) near Des Moines, west of the Mississippi, in 1672; also the Peorias and Kaskaskias on the Illinois River.
The Tamaroas and Cahokias were on the Mississippi.
The Jesuits found the chief Illinois town consisting of 8,000 people, in nearly 400 large cabins, covered with water-proof mats, with, generally, four fires to a cabin.
In 1679 they were badly defeated by the Iroquois, losing about 1,300, of whom 900 were prisoners: and they retaliated by
Riverside (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Superior Lake (Utah, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Illinois Indians,
A family of the Algonquian nation that comprised several clans—Peorias, Moingwenas, Kaskaskias, Tamnaroas, and Cahokias.
At a very early period they drove a Dakota tribe, whom they called the Arkansas, to the country on the southern Mississippi.
These were the Quapaws.
In 1640 they almost exterminated the Winnebagoes; and soon afterwards they waged war with the Iroquois and Sioux.
Their domain was between Lakes Michigan and Superior and the Mississippi River.
Marquette found some of them (the Peorias and Moingwenas) near Des Moines, west of the Mississippi, in 1672; also the Peorias and Kaskaskias on the Illinois River.
The Tamaroas and Cahokias were on the Mississippi.
The Jesuits found the chief Illinois town consisting of 8,000 people, in nearly 400 large cabins, covered with water-proof mats, with, generally, four fires to a cabin.
In 1679 they were badly defeated by the Iroquois, losing about 1,300, of whom 900 were prisoners: and they retaliated by
Michigan lake (Colorado, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Illinois Indians,
A family of the Algonquian nation that comprised several clans—Peorias, Moingwenas, Kaskaskias, Tamnaroas, and Cahokias.
At a very early period they drove a Dakota tribe, whom they called the Arkansas, to the country on the southern Mississippi.
These were the Quapaws.
In 1640 they almost exterminated the Winnebagoes; and soon afterwards they waged war with the Iroquois and Sioux.
Their domain was between Lakes Michigan and Superior and the Mississippi River.
Marquette found some of them (the Peorias and Moingwenas) near Des Moines, west of the Mississippi, in 1672; also the Peorias and Kaskaskias on the Illinois River.
The Tamaroas and Cahokias were on the Mississippi.
The Jesuits found the chief Illinois town consisting of 8,000 people, in nearly 400 large cabins, covered with water-proof mats, with, generally, four fires to a cabin.
In 1679 they were badly defeated by the Iroquois, losing about 1,300, of whom 900 were prisoners: and they retaliated by
Greenville, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Detroit (Michigan, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Illinois Town (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
France (France) (search for this): entry illinois-indians
Chicago (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry illinois-indians