| Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1901 - 130 pages
...miles square, at the mouth of the Illinois river, and one, six miles square, at "the Old Peorias Fort and Village," near the south end of the Illinois lake, on the said Illinois river. Contrary to the assertions made by some that the inhabitants of this village constantly maintained... | |
| James Montgomery Rice - History - 1912 - 626 pages
...the government, one of which was described as "one piece (land) six miles square at Old Peoria's Fort and Village, near the south end of the Illinois lake, on the said Illinois river." Thus it will be seen that the village of Peoria was one of a chain of trading posts with a fort, extending... | |
| Charles Burleigh Galbreath - Biography - 1925 - 780 pages
...Illinois River, emptying into, the Mississippi. (16.) One piece six miles square, at the old Pirias Fort & Village, near the South end of the Illinois Lake, on the said Illinois river. And whenever the United States shall think proper to survey and mark the boundaries of the lands hereby... | |
| Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1901 - 130 pages
...miles square, at the mouth of the Illinois river, and one, six miles square, at "the Old Peorias Fort and Village," near the south end of the Illinois lake, on the said Illinois river. Contrary to the assertions made by some that the inhabitants of this village •constantly maintained... | |
| James Montgomery Rice - History - 1912 - 630 pages
...the government, one of which was described as "one piece (land) six miles square at Old Peoria's Fort and Village, near the south end of the Illinois lake, on the said Illinois river." Thus it will be seen that the village of Peoria was one of a chain of trading posts with a fort, extending... | |
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