The Grand Village is now home to…

September 1680 CE

The Grand Village is now home to several hundred native cabins and a population of six thousand to nine thousand.

Nearly six hundred Iroquois warriors, armed with guns, on September 10, 1680, approach the Kaskaskia village.

Henri de Tonti, meeting them in advance, is accused of treachery, by both the Iroquois and the Illinois Confederation.

Tonti tries to mediate their disagreements and delay the Iroquois invasion until the women, children and old people can escape from the village; he is wounded by an Iroquois man, who stabs him with a knife.

The Kaskaskia village is burned and the Iroquois build a fort on this site at Starved Rock.

Tonti flees the area with his allies, heading for Green Bay.

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Utica La Salle Illinois United States View →

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