Taking Cahokia
From Clark's Memoir:
"I ordered Major Bowman to mount his company and part of another, and a few inhabitants . . . and proceed without delay . . . . I told [the men] . . . as it was the first time they ever bore arms as free men, it might be well to equip themselves and try how they felt as such . . . . it was late in the morning of the 6th [July] before they reached Kohokia. . . . The inhabitants were at first much alarmed . . . . The major informed them . . . that they were at liberty to become free Americans, as their friends at Kaskaskia had . . . .
". . . In a few hours the whole was amicable, and Major Bowman snugly quartered in the old British fort. . . . The whole of the inhabitants took the oath of allegiance cheerfuly. . . . in a few days the country appeared to be in a most perfect state of harmony."
225th Anniversary Exhibit
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- Under Many Nations
- American Revolution in the East
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- Clark Goes West
- Year of the "Bloody Sevens"
- Clark's Daring Plan
- The Campaign Begins
- Taking Kaskaskia
- Taking Cahokia
- Taking Fort Sackville
- Peace with the Indians
- The British Retake Fort Sackville
- Clark Learns about Hamilton's Move
- March to Vincennes - February 5, 1779
- March to Vincennes - February 15, 1779
- March to Vincennes - February 17, 1779
- March to Vincennes - February 22, 1779
- March to Vincennes - February 23, 1779 - The Dry Ground
- March to Vincennes - February 23, 1779 - Warriors Island
- March to Vincennes - February 23, 1779 - Clark Attacks the Fort
- The Fort under Siege - February 24, 1779
- Terms of Surrender Determined - February 24, 1779
- Clark and the End of the American Revolution
- Clark after the American Revolution
- Plat of Clark's Grant
- Additional Aspects of Clark's Life and Work
- Clark's Death
- Celebrating Clark
- Note on the Sources
- Who's Who
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