Kaskaskia, a river of Illinois, rises in the east centre of the state, flows south-west, and enters the Mississippi at Chester. Length, nearly 300 miles. On its right bank, a few miles from the mouth, is the village of Kaskaskia, which was the first capital of Illinois Territory.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 399
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