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ESSAYS CHICAGO: MEANING OF THE NAME AND LOCATION OF PRE-1800 EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS by John F. Swenson; adapted from "Chicagoua/Chicago: The Origin, Meaning, and Etymology of a place name"; Illinois Historic Journal 84, winter 1991. TRIBAL MIXTURES IN CHICAGO AREA INDIAN VILLAGES by Helen H. Tanner; published in Indians of the Chicago Area, 1990. FRENCH CHICAGO DURING THE 18TH CENTURY by Ulrich Danckers; published in Baybury Review, 1997. A TRIP FROM BELLEVILLE TO CHICAGO IN 1836 by an excerpt from the Memories of Gustave Koerner 1809-1896 JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DE SABLE · THE FOUNDER OF MODERN CHICAGO by John F. Swenson, © 1999, all rights reserved. [This essay is currently undergoing revision based on new information and documents found since 1999.] PEORIA: ITS EARLY HISTORY RE-EXAMINED by John F. Swenson, © 1999, all rights reserved. [This essay is currently undergoing substantial revision based on new information and documents found since 1999.]

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