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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clark, or Clarke, George Rogers -1818 (search)
ans on the Wabash with 1,000 men in 1786. His great services to his country in making the frontiers a safe dwellingplace were overlooked by his countrymen, and he died in poverty and obscurity, near Louisville, Ky., Feb. 18, 1818. See Jefferson, Thomas. Capture of Vincennes. The story of the capture of Vincennes by the Hannibal of the West is thus told in his Memoirs: Everything being ready, on Feb. 5, after receiving a lecture and absolution from the priest, we crossed the Kaskaskia River with 170 men, marched about 3 miles and encamped, where we lay until the [7th], and set out. The weather wet (but fortunately not cold for the season) and a great part of the plains under water several inches deep. It was difficult and very fatiguing marching. My object was now to keep the men in spirits. I suffered them to shoot game on all occasions, and feast on it like Indian war-dancers, each company by turns inviting the others to their feasts, which was the case every night, a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kaskaskia. (search)
Kaskaskia. The Illinois country under the rule of the French contained six distinct settlements, one of which was Kaskaskia, situated upon the Kaskaskia River, 5 miles above its mouth, and within 2 miles of the Mississppi River. Kaskaskia, under the French regime, was, comparatively speaking, a large town, containing from 2,000 to 3,000 inhabitants. When the French were expelled from this region by the British and Americans, the population rapidly decreased. On July 5, 1778, the town was captured by the Americans under George Rogers Clarke (q. v.), who was acting under authorization of Patrick Henry, at that time governor of Virginia.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois (search)
Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois a town of 2,500 pop., on Kaskaskia River and the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, 47 miles from St. Louis. A place of active trade.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois (search)
Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois a town of 1,999* pop., on Kaskaskia River and the Illinois Central Railroad, 106 miles from Bloomington.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Chester, Randolph County, Illinois (search)
Chester, Randolph County, Illinois a town of 2,200 pop., on Mississippi River, one mile below the mouth of Kaskaskia River, and about 62 miles below St. Louis. A place of active business.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois (search)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois a town of 4,000 pop., on Kaskaskia River and the Terre Haute, Alton & St. Louis Railroad, 80 miles from Terre Haute.