Kaskaskia
[ kuhs-kas-kee-uh ]
noun
a river in E central Illinois, flowing SW to the Mississippi River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
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How to use Kaskaskia in a sentence
Six days brought the invaders to the Kaskaskia River, three miles above the principal settlement.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin OggHad the British forces immediately pushed on, this same scene might have been repeated at Kaskaskia and Cahokia.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin OggThe old parish registers of Kaskaskia are full of records of these mixed marriages.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I | Francis ParkmanSixty miles below St. Louis, the Kaskaskia joins it, after a devious course of 400 miles.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. PeckThe prairies are rather level, and in places inclined to be wet; the timber, especially along the Kaskaskia, heavy.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. Peck
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