Cahokia

[ kuh-hoh-kee-uh ]

noun
  1. a city in SW Illinois.

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How to use Cahokia in a sentence

  • Had the British forces immediately pushed on, this same scene might have been repeated at Kaskaskia and Cahokia.

    The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
  • They even gave Clark a volunteer company 187 to march with him upon Cahokia, and that village, too, soon became American.

  • Permanent garrisons were placed at Vincennes and Cahokia, and at Kaskaskia.

  • Cahokia is the great mound near St. Louis, on the Illinois side of the river.

    The Trail Book | Mary Austin
  • Black men had been thrown into Cahokia Creek and stormed with bricks each time they rose to the surface until drowned.