CONTENTS. Indian Character-Unacquainted with Iron-Unused to labor-Unacquainted with any but the simplest Arts-Skilled in hunting-Eloquent-Fond of gambling-Dancing-Addicted to drunkenness Is superstitious- Indian Antiquities-Their origin-Dr. Robertson's Theory-Other Theories Dutch in America-English Revolution in 1688-Wars consequent there- upon-Iroquois, or Six Nations-Western New-York rescued from the French by their bravery-Jesuit Missionaries-Quebec taken-Restored -Sir Hoveden Walker's Expedition to Quebec, under the auspices of Bo- lingbroke-Spaniards seize upon Texas-Illinois granted to Crozat Illinois granted to the Company of the Indies-John Law-Mississippi Scheme-Fort Chartres built-South-Sea Bubble-Fort Massac built- War of 1756-Its origin-Progress-Ohio Company-Braddock's defeat- Colonel Washington-Virginia-Oswego-Ticonderoga-Crown Point -Louisburgh-William Pitt-Quebec taken-General Wolf killed- Montcalm-Respect to the dead-Pontiac War--Illinois ceded to England 173 Illinois a Province of England-General Gage, Commander-in-chief-His Head-quarters in New-York-Appoints Justices of the Peace in Kas- kaskia-War of 1776-Its cause, progress, and termination-Colonel Colonel Clarke's Expedition to Vincennes-Monsieur Cere-M. Gibault- Western Posts Campaigns of General Harmar-St. Clair and Wayne- Treaty of Greenville-Effects of Wayne's victory-Western Posts given Harrison's Campaign-General Hopkins's Expedition to Illinois-Governor 1815 317 Illinois admitted into the Union-Burr's Conspiracy-Steamboats-Missis- sippi Boats-Boundaries of the State-Attempts to alter them-Abortive Illinois Banks-Their History-Shawneetown Bank-Edwardsville Bank- Cairo Bank-Old State Bank-Late State Bank-Legislation in rela- Religion in Illinois-Literature-College at Kaskaskia-at Jacksonville-Ju- bilee College-Medical College in Chicago-Slavery-Its origin and APPENDIX. THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. CHAPTER I. Columbus arrives in Spain-Is denied an audience with the king-Is afterward admitted into his presence-Council of Salamanca-Columbus appears before it-His theory is rejected-Returns to the convent of La Rabida-Martin Alonzo Pinzon-Columbus is again invited to court-The queen espouses his cause-Negotiation concludedSets out for Palos-Difficulties in fitting out his squadron-Its description-Embarks -Discovers land-Origin of the term Indian. PROBLEMS, incapable once of being solved by the aid of science, are now easily explained. Knowledge, which gave formerly to its possessor the rank of a philosopher, is now the common property of school-boysand experiments that, in the last century, would have brought their operator to the stake for witchcraft, are now mere juvenile recreations. Some curious phenomena, exhibited by a piece of iron ore, before our nation had an existence, led a philosopher of Amalfi, in Italy, to inquire into the cause. Particles of the same kind he perceived were mutually attracted. In one of his experiments, he saw it, when suspended by a thread, point directly to the northern star, and being turned in another direction and set free, it resumed its former position. The result of his experiment was sent to the academicians of Florence, and their curiosity was aroused. They tried similar experiments, and it was finally discovered that its magnetic properties were transferable to hardened steel. Hence the mariner's compass, which guided Columbus across the ocean, and led to the discovery of another world. Our nation now extends its arms from the St. Croix to the Capes of Florida, and from the Atlantic, westward, to the Rocky mountains and the Columbia river, embracing in its ample folds, a large portion of the American Continent. Eighteen |