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Kaskaskia

American  
[kuhs-kas-kee-uh] / kəsˈkæs ki ə /

noun

  1. a river in E central Illinois, flowing SW to the Mississippi River. 320 miles (515 km) long.


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The re-enactors portrayed actual members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which stopped at Fort Kaskaskia and recruited additional men from the fort.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2018

The students will wrap up their excavations at Fort Kaskaskia on Monday and Tuesday, then move to Miller Grove, a freed slave community in Pope County.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2018

The American Fort Kaskaskia was constructed at a second site, up the hill from the earthen berms from the French fort.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2018

John D. Lee was born at Kaskaskia, Ill. in 1812.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this manner the Illinois Indians were reduced to a mere handful, and were compelled to seek shelter under the guns of the French fort at Kaskaskia.

From Stories of the Badger State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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