Shawnee books

Part One. History of Kaskaskia -- Dawn of Kaskaskia, 1673-1719 -- French and Indian Kaskaskias, 1719-1765 -- Kaskaskia and Indian Kaskaskia under British and Early American rule, 1765-1790 -- Mixed fortunes, 1790-1820 -- Kaskaskia in decline, 1820-1881 -- Destruction, 1881-circa 1913 -- Part Two. Domestic architecture at Kaskaskia -- Introduction -- Franco-American homes of Kaskaskia -- Midwestern federal and eclectic houses and their owners -- Part Three. Psuedo-Folklore -- "The curse of Kaskaskia"-creative fiction, not history -- Appendices: A. Notes on photographers and sketch artists -- B. Lexicon

"This book tells the history of Kaskaskia, Illinois, from its founding to its time as the territorial capital and then the first state capital, through its disasters--earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and epidemics--and finally to its disappearance when the Mississippi River washed it away"--