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	Kaskaskia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Illiniwek made war with their French allies against the most formidable native nations: to the east, the Iroquois; to the northwest, the Sioux and the Fox; to the south, the Chickasaw and Cherokee; to the west, the Osage Nation.
		The Kaskaskia River, whose headwaters are near Champaign in central Illinois, and whose mouth is near Chester, Illinois, still carries the name of this native nation who once settled throughout its estuarial plain.
		Kaskaskia College is located in Centralia, Illinois, in Marion County.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaskaskia (397 words)

	Kaskaskia, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kaskaskia is a village located in Randolph County, Illinois.
		The people of Kaskaskia, startled to find themselves in Missouri, demanded that the boundary conform to the old channel.
		Kaskaskia is therefore the only part of Illinois west of the Mississippi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaskaskia,_Illinois (377 words)

	Kaskaskia
		Kaskaskia (AO-27) was launched 29 September 1939 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Kaskaskia was transferred to MSTS 8 January 1957, and operated in that capacity with a Navy crew until 21 October 1967 when she decommissioned and was turned over to the Maritime Administration 10 December.
		During 1964 Kaskaskia engaged in fueling operations and exercises off Florida and in the Caribbean, constantly seeking improved methods to increase the mobility of the Fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/k2/kaskaskia.htm (1246 words)

	Kaskaskia
		The bluffs became the location of the French built Fort Kaskaskia which was constructed during the years of 1754-1763.
		In 1763 the Treaty of Paris was prepared in which France ceded all land east of the Mississippi to Britain and Kaskaskia came under British rule.
		Kaskaskia served as an Illinois territorial capital and the first state capital of Illinois from 1818-1820.
	www.mesplay.4t.com /kaskaskia.html (445 words)

	At Home: 1700: Convoy: The Village of Kaskaskia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kaskaskia was first settled by traders, Jesuit priests, and Indians.
		The Jesuit mission was built on the banks of the Kaskaskia River followed by the homes of the settlers clustered together for safety.
		The village was located on the edge of the farm land, which the villagers called "the big field." Land was measured in strips that ran from the riverbank to a fence separating the crops from the pasture land.
	www.museum.state.il.us /exhibits/athome/1700/activity/convoy/kask (166 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Kaskaskia Indians
		He compiled the first grammar of the language, and about the year 1700 was instrumental in settling the tribe in a new village about the present Kaskaskia, Illinois, near the mouth of the river of the same name, which remained their principal town and mission station until their final removal from the State.
		When visited by Charlevoix in 1721 the Kaskaskia were considered Christian, although a considerable portion of the other Illinois still adhered to their old forms.
		Notwithstanding the apparent success of the mission, the whole Illinois nation was in rapid decline from the hostilities of the northern tribes and the wholesale dissipation introduced by the French garrisons.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08608b.htm (486 words)

	The History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois
		It was the germ of Kaskaskia, during the succeeding years of the French occupation -- the metropolis of the Mississippi Valley.
		The southern Kaskaskia is merely the northern one transplanted.
		On the afternoon of the fourth of July, 1778, the exhausted band of invaders came to the vicinity of Kaskaskia, and concealed themselves in the hills to the east of the town.
	www.edenmartin.com /counties/chpt2.htm (8424 words)

	Kaskaskia (AO 27)
		Kaskaskia (AO-27) was launched 29 September 1939 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Kaskaskia underwent overhaul; she then sailed again for the F ar East 4 January 1954, operated out of Sasebo and returning San Francisco 12 October.
		Highlights of this period were servle,e to ships patroling off the coast of riot-torn Santo Domingo in the summer of 19 65 and participation in the recovery team for an unmanned Appollo space flight in February of 1966.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/ao27.htm (1231 words)

	The 'Illinois' Entry from Hodge's handbook of Indians
		Thence he passed N. to the village of Kaskaskia, the on upper Illinois r., within the present La Salle co. At this time the village consisted of 74 cabins and was occupied by one tribe only.
		The Kaskaskia at this time were in somewhat intimate relation with the Peoria, since Gravier, who returned to their village in 1700, says he found them preparing to start s.
		Hist., IX, 1056, 1855), the totem of the Kaskaskia was a feather of an arrow, notched, or two arrows fixed like a St. Andrew's cross; while the Illinois as a whole had the crane, bear, white hind, fork, and tortoise totem.
	www.prairienet.org /prairienations/illini.htm (1488 words)

	Kaskaskia History
		It was this village of Kaskaskia, in 1703, that Randolph county began.
		It was located approximately eighteen miles north of Kaskaskia, on the East side of the river, and was named to honor the son of the French regent.
		About 1820, other towns began to spring up, and Kaskaskia was no longer the center of immigration, and gradually and quietly it lost its importance, and gave way to rival settlements.
	www.randolphcountyillinois.net /sub1.htm (752 words)

	THE CURSE OF KASKASKIA - ILLINOIS' LOST CAPITAL
		There still remains a portion of what was once Kaskaskia, which is accessible from Illinois today, but the peninsula is now an island, cut off from the state by a channel change in the Mississippi River that took place decades ago.
		The area grew and in 1804, Kaskaskia became a land-office town and the territorial capital in 1809.
		Kaskaskia was damned and would be destroyed, along with all of the land around it.
	www.prairieghosts.com /kaskaskia.html (1256 words)

	Fort Kaskaskia - Ellis Grove, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fort Kaskaskia is situated on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and offers scenic views of the American Bottoms, the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia rivers, and the site of the original town of Kaskaskia, which was once the first state capitol of Illinois.
		After the expedition by Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673 the Mississippi River valley was claimed by the French and in 1703 the village of Kaskaskia, the second European settlement in the state of Illinois, was established.
		When the Corps of Discovery arrived in Kaskaskia on November 29, 1803, Clark’s previous contacts were useful in the gathering information from the local merchants and traders about their knowledge of the Illinois Country as well and what they knew concerning the Missouri River.
	www.greatriverroad.com /stegen/randattract/fortkask.htm (912 words)

	The 'Kaskaskia' entry from Hodge's handbook of American Indians
		Kaskaskia (perhaps akin to kask askahamwa [a = long a], 'he scrapes if off by means of a tool.' The Foxes have always held the Peoria in low esteem, and in their traditions claim to have destroyed most of them on a rocky island in a river.
		Kaskaskia was the village of the Illinois which La Salle reached about the close of Dec., 1679, on his first visit southward from the lakes.
		At that time the Kaskaskia, influenced by a desire to join the French in Louisiana, resolved to separate from their brethren and migrate to the lower Mississippi.
	www.prairienet.org /prairienations/kaskask.htm (917 words)

	Migration to Kaskaskia, Illinois
		The village of Kaskaskia was founded in 1703 (also see History of Kaskaskia), south of the mission of Cahokia, making the Aubuchon brothers some of the earliest settlers there.
		Kaskaskia records from January, 1726, indicate that Joseph was the godfather to Joseph Devignet, so he definitely migrated before January 1726.
		The 1752 Kaskaskia, Illinois, census indicated that Antoine Aubuchon (spelled Obichon) was the second head-of-family of the André Deguire household.
	www.aubuchon-online.com /kaskaskia.htm (1298 words)

	Illinois State Historical Markers: Chester-Kaskaskia, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kaskaskia, founded in 1703 as a Jesuit mission, became a prominent French village.
		During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) between France and Briatain, Fort Kaskaskia was erected on the bluffs near the settlement.
		Kaskaskia served as Illinois Territorial Capitol (1809-1818) and as the first state capitol (1818-1820).
	www.historyillinois.org /frames/markers/60.htm (313 words)

	North Central Research Station - Kaskaskia Experimental Forest
		By 1961, the boundaries of the Kaskaskia Experiment Forest enclosed 10,000 acres of which 3300 acres were in federal ownership.
		Geologically, the Kaskaskia Experimental Forest (37° 32' latitude, 88° 21' longitude) is located on an extensive anticline known as Hicks Dome formed during an explosive phase of igneous activity during Permian times.
		The Kaskaskia Experimental Forest consists of approximately 1,100 acres of federally-owned land within the boundaries of Elizabethtown Ranger District of the Shawnee National Forest.
	www.ncrs.fs.fed.us /ef/kaskaskia (1399 words)

	USS Kaskaskia
		Throughout June and July Kaskaskia remained on hand, assisting the fleet to take Saipan, Guam, and Tiwan- supply areas in the future campaign for the Philippines.
		Kaskaskia underwent overhaul; she then sailed again for the Par East 4 January 1954, operated out of Sasebo and returning San Francisco 12 October.
		Highlights of this period were service to ships patroling off the coast of riot-torn Santo Domingo in the summer of 1965 and participation in the recovery team for an unmanned Appollo space flight in February of 1966.
	www.multied.com /Navy/oiler/kaskaskia.html (1225 words)

	USN Ships--USS Kaskaskia (AO-27)
		USS Kaskaskia, a Cimarron class (T-3 type) oiler, was built at Newport News, Virginia, as the civilian tanker Esso Richmond.
		She was transferred to the Alaskan theater in mid-1942 but returned to the south Pacific in March 1943 and served there until July, when she went to California for repairs.
		Kaskaskia carried fuel between the U.S., Asia and Pacific bases from 1947 until the Korean War began in mid-1950.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/ao27.htm (1114 words)

	Past Capitols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kaskaskia, which had served as the Territorial seat of government since 1809, became the first Illinois State Capital.
		The bell was cast in 1741 and arrived in Kaskaskia via New Orleans and the Mississippi River in 1743.
		After Vandalia became the Capital in 1820, Kaskaskia declined in importance and gradually disappeared under the waters of the Mississippi River.
	www.ilstatehouse.com /PastCapitols.htm (1305 words)

	DNR
		There are a few areas which are managed by the Kaskaskia River Port District for industrial use and are unavailable for public use.
		The Kaskaskia River remained essentially unchanged until the late 1960s when it was modified by channelization to promote commercial development and navigation.
		Concrete launch ramps are provided on the Kaskaskia River at Fayetteville, New Athens, on Highway 154 west of Baldwin, and at Evansville.
	dnr.state.il.us /lands/landmgt/PARKS/R4/kaskas.htm (988 words)

	Museum homepage
		Only eight Kaskaskia warriors were included in the group that settled with the Peoria in Kansas.
		There were also problems with the Kaskaskia (Illinois) east of the Mississippi who, because of memories of earlier wars with the Shawnee, usually refused to allow the Shawnee to hunt or travel across their territory to visit their relatives still in Ohio.
		The Kaskaskia lost so many of their few remaining warriors, they never again challenged the Shawnee's right to move as they pleased through southern Illinois.
	www.schools.lth5.k12.il.us /bths-east/illiniwek.html (1833 words)

	Kaskaskia History
		Before you go on to a more detailed reading of the history of the Kaskaskia, take a look at the History of the Indians in the Illinois area in the Context of Cultural and Political Events of the Time.
		For additional historical information concerning both the Kaskaskia and the Illiniwek Confederation, visit Bob Fester’s The Illini Confederation: Lords of the Mississippi.
		This is where I found alternate ways that Kaskaskia has been spelled and that Rouinsac was a Kaskaskian village.
	www.angelfire.com /la3/kaskaskia/history.html (422 words)

	RG 363.000 - Land Commissioners of the Commons of Kaskaskia
		The corporation was to survey and divide the commons, record the plat of such survey, and lease the lots at public auction for a period not to exceed fifty years.
		Proceeds of the leases were to be applied toward the education of the children of Kaskaskia, including the erection or purchase of one or two buildings for schools, the employment of teachers, and the establishment of a library for the schools.
		The land commissioners were to take possession of all records and real and personal property relating to the commons from the president and trustees of the commons and were to have the area resurveyed and platted.
	www.sos.state.il.us /departments/archives/di/363__002.htm (1415 words)

	St. Louis Post-Dispatch: KASKASKIA ISLAND IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kaskaskia Island in the Mississippi River south of St. Louis is planning its 26th annual Independence Day celebration to begin at 12:15 p.m.
		On July 4, 1778, Revolutionary War commander George Rogers Clark rang what is now called the Liberty Bell of the West at Kaskaskia after he and his troops occupied the area without firing a shot.
		The bell, a gift from King Louis XV of France, was given to the Catholic church at Kaskaskia in 1741.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:6560740&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (194 words)

	Endorsement Classes at Kaskaskia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is a sixteen-week program with two eight-week courses and can be completed by committing to only one weeknight class per week for the semester and one Saturday session for each course.
		at the Kaskaskia College main campus in Centralia, Ill. The courses may be taken at the undergraduate or graduate level.
		Joseph J. Cipfl, representing McKendree College, was among the officials on hand for the recent signing of an agreement between McKendree and Kaskaskia.
	www.mckendree.edu /NewsReleases/04-05/6_Middle_endorsement.html (272 words)

	Kaskaskia River -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Near its source the Kaskaskia flows through Lake Shelbyville, a reservoir impounded by a dam, and it then passes through another reservoir, created by Carlyle Dam.
		Near its source the Kaskaskia flows through Lake Shelbyville, a reservoir impounded by a dam, and it then passes through another reservoir, created by Carlyle...
		Fort Kaskaskia (built in 1733 by the French) was destroyed in 1763...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9044806?tocId=9044806 (878 words)

	Kaskaskia on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The French built a fort there in 1721, which was destroyed when Kaskaskia was taken over (1763) by the British.
		The community declined after the capital was shifted (1820) to Vandalia; flooding from the Mississippi in the late 19th cent.
		Fort Kaskaskia State Park was set aside in 1927 across the Mississippi River near Chester, Ill.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kaskaski.asp (341 words)

	The 1787 Census of Kaskaskia (French)
		The family of Chauvin dit Charleville was in Kaskaskia as early as 1737, for on September, 29 of that year Jean Chauvin signed a contract of marriage with Agnes LaCroix.
		Creilly emigrated from Kaskaskia to Florissant, Mo., in 1787.
		The Bauvias family held on to their possessions in Kaskaskia as long as possible, but finally like their associates they were driven to the Spanish side.
	www.iltrails.org /kaskcen.htm (1659 words)

	Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Because of the Jesuit mission and French population, the Kaskaskia and Michigamea nearby soon became heavily Catholic and intermarried with the French.
		The Kickapoo attacked an army convoy at the mouth of the Wabash, and in response to raids on the Kentucky settlements, Patrick Brown's militia attacked the Wabash villages that summer.
		Harassed by Kansas taxes illegally levied on their allotted land, the Confederated Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea, and Piankashaw in 1867 signed an omnibus treaty with the other Kansas tribes in which they agreed to dispose of their remaining Kansas holdings and move to lands to be purchased from the Quapaw in northeast Oklahoma.
	www.tolatsga.org /ill.html (16946 words)

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