History of Vermilion County, together with historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources . nhxstra-tinjl Ike I) l^(()v BI* V CM AND THE FRENCH & IN DI AN 1/VAR. lirilinfi /ifssiAx/o/f^iv/fj/Yf/ /frtf,Ftvnr/i <t» f/o Yellow Spcutifft do. <fo Green. HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY, KM, ETHER WITH HISTORIC NOTES ON THE NORTHWEST, GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH,


History of Vermilion County, together with historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources . nhxstra-tinjl Ike I) l^(()v BI* V CM AND THE FRENCH & IN DI AN 1/VAR. lirilinfi /ifssiAx/o/f^iv/fj/Yf/ /frtf,Ftvnr/i <t» f/o Yellow Spcutifft do. <fo Green. HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY, KM, ETHER WITH HISTORIC NOTES ON THE NORTHWEST, GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES. By II. W. BECKWITH, Of the Danville Bar ; Corresponding Member of the Historical Societies of Wisconsin and Chicago. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO:II. H. HILL AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 1879. STft^ Copyright, H. W. BECKWITH AND SON. :^ I KNISHT &. LEONARD PREFACE. In the following pages the writer has limited himself, for the most part, to the ter-ritory watered by the Illinois, the St. Joseph of Lake Michigan, the Maumee and theWabash rivers. He has chosen to do so to the end that the early history of the countrytreated of might be the more fully considered. The topoghistoryofvermili00beck


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