Introductory

CAHOKIA: INTRODUCTORY

SEVERAL decades ago the author of this slight review of Cahokia, Illinois, originally (Caho) began to gather data pertinent to the writing of a comprehensive and romantic history of that ancient village, . . a village the ground of which was trodden by nomadic tribes, long centuries before the first white man set foot in the Mississippi River Valley ... long centuries before the intrepid explorers and missionaries of France brought to this spot the first crude signs of a civilization which should blossom and bring forth fruit in abundance, as time progressed in its cycle of years.

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Research led to the unfolding of so much of interest and value that a large book might be written and illustrated. Since this is impossible, at the present time, we have resolved to publish a brief and concise review of the principal events connected with the founding of Cahokia, the first white settlement in the Mississippi Valley, reserving for the future a more extended story.

This then shall be a glimpse of Cahokia, . . . storied village of the past ... slumbering village of the present. And thus we unfold our story.