Illinois Catholic Historical Review (1918 - 1929) volume I Number 1
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95-97, Henry's Patrick Henry, Vol. I, pp. 585, 586, 588. 82 joseph j. thompson The Capture of Kaskaskia. Let us first of all read Clark's own statement of what happened when he appeared with his followers before Kaskaskia: In the eavining of the fourth of July in the eavining we got with in a few miles of the Town whare we lay untill near dark, keeping spies a head, after which we continued our march and took possession of a House whare in a large Family Lived on the bank of the Kaskias River a...bout three Quartirs of a Mille above the Town whare we ware informed that a few Days before the people ware under arms but had concluded that the cause of the allarm was without foundation and that at present all was quiet that their was great number of men [in] Town but that the Indians had genly left it. We soon procured a suffitiency of Vessels that the man [had] in care to convey us across the River and formed the party into three Divitions. I was now convinced that it was impossible that the Inhabitants could make any resistance as they could not now possibly get notice of us time enough to make much resistance my object now was to conduct matters so as to get possession of the place with as little confution as possible but to have it eaven at the loss of the whole town not perfectly relying on the Information we got at the House as he seamed to Vary in his information and [a noise?] was Just heard in Town which he informed us he supposed was the Negroes at a Dance & c with one of the Divitions I march of to the Fort and ordered the other two into different Quarters of the Town, that if I met with no resistance at a certain signal, a genl shout was to be given and certain part was to be amediately possessed and men of each detachmt that could speak the French Language to Run through every streat and proclaim what had happened and inform the Inhabitants that every person that appeared in the streats would be shot down this disposition had its desired effect and in a very little time we had compleat possession and every Avenue guarded to prevent any escape to give the alarm to the other Villages in case of opposition Various orders had been Issued not worth mention- ing I dont suppose a greater silence ever Reagnd among the Inhabitants of a place than did this at present not a person to be seen, not a word to be heard by them for some time, but designedly the greatest noise keep up by our Troops through every quarter of the Town and Patrools continually the whole night round it as Intercepting any information was a Capitol object and in about two Hours the whole of the Inhabitants was disarmed and Informed that if one was takin attempting to make his escape he would be amediately put to death.
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