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Wednesday-Friday: Read and Discuss the handout over the Iliniwek
Answer these questions:
1. What does the "illini" in Iliniwek mean?
2. What doe the "iw" in Illiniwek mean?
3. What language did the Illini speak?
4. What were the 6 major tribes in the Illini Confederacy?
5. Name 3 other groups did La Salle said were also Illini but are considered ancient or extinct groups?
6. The Peoria, Kaskaskia, Tamaroa, adn Cahokia tribes declared in 1818 that this tribe was also part of the Iliniwek?
7. What was the famous chief's name of the Michigamea?
8. In 1655 how many villages did the Illini have?
9. What tribe from the east moved into the Illini territory and began to attack the Illini?
10. Why do you think this tribe was attacking the Illini, considering their homeland is from the north-eastern part of what is now the United States and parts of Canada? (Explain your answer)
11. The Illini had how many people according to the Jesuits in 1657 or 1658?
12. What did the Illini trade with the Ottawa in exchange for Muskets, powder, kettles, hatchets, and knives?
13. What is odd about where the Jesuits said the Illini were living?
14. Why do you think some of the Illini settled with the Miami?
15. What was one of the first big group of Illini that Marquette and Jolliet meet?
16. How big was this Illini group that Marquette and Jolliet first seen?
17. What happened to Jolliet's original journal of their French expedition?
18. What is a problem with studying Marquette's Journal?
19. What is the theory of why the Peoria were in Iowa?
20. The Peoria gave Marquette and Jolliet what fatty meat and why is this important to the theory of why they were in Iowa?
21. If the Peoria did live in Iowa what should have been different about the meat?
22. What is a Calumet?
23. What did Lake Michigan used to be called?
24. When did the Illini return to their homes from the summer hunt to harvest their corn?
25. What mission did Marquette establish near Starved Rock?
26. What Tribe did the Illini fight in the winter of 1675-76?
27. According to La Salle the Kaskaskia had around 400-500 Cabins, how many families could fit in the Kaskaskia cabins?
28. What 3 Chiefs of the Illini Tribes did La Salle meet near Lake Peoria?
29. What Fort did La Salle build?
30. Who were the Tamaroa hiding from?
31. Why did the French not help the Illini?
32. How many Illini Warriors were there to help Tonti defend the fort at Starved Rock?
33.What happened to Tonti when he tried to make peace with the Iroquois?
34. What did the Iroquois do when they found out that the Illini had escaped?
35. What did the Iroquois propose to the Illini Tribes?
36. What Tribe was slaughtered by the Iroquois?
37. What Kaskaskia Chief tried to defeat the Iroquois?
38. What happened to the 700 Illini Slaves once they were brought back to the Iroquois of Onondaga's Land?
39. La Salle built the for St. Louis and what tribe said they would join them there and settle?
40. What tribes joined the Miami, Mascouten, and Shawnee in 1683?
41. Who is La Barre and why was he removed?
42. In 1687 Tonti left with how many men and how many did he come back with?
43. Why was the Fort at the top of Starved Rock difficult to defend if the walls were impregnable?
44. What nickname did Lake Peoria have?
45. St. Cosme after a day of paddling down from Peoria found what principal Chief of the Illiniwek?
46. What Chief did Father Francis Pinet convert to Christianity?
47. Long Neck was a Chief of what tribe?
48. Even though the Illiniwek had to fight off their rivals the Iroquois many times it is this tribe that is given credit for their downfall?
49. What animal was popular for fur trapping by the Native Americans?
50. What was the nickname of the Peoria Chief Mantouchensa?
51. What group had replaced the Illini around Lake Michigan?
52. In 1714 the Miami and the Illini had put aside their differences and united to fight off what tribe?
53. On November 20, 1715 the Wea and the Illini Joined the Huron and Potawatomi to fight what 2 Tribes?
54. By 1721 The Osage and the Kaskaskia were friendly and delegation would perform what as a token of their loyalty?
55. In 1725 French Officials in the Louisiana Country decided to do what?
56. In early July 1730 what tribe was surrounded by the Peoria, Kaskaskia, and the Cahokia?
57. How many people did the the Illini massacre from this tribe when they tried to escape?
58. Who was Ouabichagana?
59. Between 1733 and 1734 how many scalps did the Illini take off of the English favored tribe the Chickasaw?
60. In 1740 the Sioux once again attacked the Illini. During one of these raids what happened to one of the Sioux warriors who was caught?
61. By 1750-1751 what was happening to the Illini Tribe's population and why?
62. According ot one traveler what was the reason the Illini were hated so much by northern Indian tribes?
63. The Illini along with Captain de Villiers defeated what British Leader at Fort Necessity?
64. What success did the Great Iliniwek Chief Papape-changouhias have?
65. What did the Peoria and the Cahokia steal from the French near Fort Chartres?
66. After 1764 what tribes controlled Northern Illinois?
67. When the English defeated the French they were given Illinois and all of it's forts. What did the English rename Fort Chartres?
68. Why did the Kaskaskia choose an additional chief?
69. Why was the Ottawa Chief Pontiac stabbed to death?
70. What tribes in and around Illinois chose to fight the English and join the American side?
71. What did the signed treaty of September 25, 1818 do for the Peoria Tribe?
72. What war broke out in 1832?