Nida, William Lewis

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Includes index.The Indians of Illinois -- Marquette and Joliet -- Robert Cavalier de la Salle -- La Salle visits the Illinois Indians -- La Salle on the Gulf -- Kaskaskia under France and England -- Colonel Clark at Kaskaskia -- Clark captures Vincennes -- Early days in Illinois -- Boundaries and territorial days -- Fort Dearborn and early Chicago -- The Black Hawk War -- A tide of immigration -- Yankees in northern Illinois -- The introduction of slaves -- The decline of slavery -- Lovejoy and the abolitionists -- The Underground Railroad -- The great debates -- Nomination and election of Lincoln -- Illinois in the war -- Later times in Chicago -- The schools of Illinois -- Illinois and the World War -- Illinois Centennial (1918) -- Forward-looking events -- Our historic outlook.

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