The Inhabitants of Three French Villages at Peoria, Illinois: A Directory: Old Peoria, 1765 to 1796; La Ville de Maillet, 1778 to 1812; Trading House, After 1812 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Inhabitants of Three French Villages at Peoria, Illinois: A Directory: Old Peoria, 1765 to 1796; La Ville De Maillet, 1778 to 1812; Trading House, After 1812 Antoine Saint Francois sowed corn here in 1765 and there is some evidence of earlier colonization al though such settlement probably was not continuou The population was a floating one and the inhabitants were forced to remove, once for two years on account of Indian depredations. Mostly illiterate, the French of Peoria were a care-free people, able ...
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Excerpt from The Inhabitants of Three French Villages at Peoria, Illinois: A Directory: Old Peoria, 1765 to 1796; La Ville De Maillet, 1778 to 1812; Trading House, After 1812 Antoine Saint Francois sowed corn here in 1765 and there is some evidence of earlier colonization al though such settlement probably was not continuou The population was a floating one and the inhabitants were forced to remove, once for two years on account of Indian depredations. Mostly illiterate, the French of Peoria were a care-free people, able to adjust them selves quickly to changes of political fortune. Lives of many were filled with adventure and romance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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