French Frontier Crossword Puzzle

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Across

1. French priests who founded Kaskaskia
5. Italian soldier of fortune who explored Illinois
7. French priest who explored Illinois
8. to desire
9. resistance to disease
11. Indians who fought the Illiniwek in the mid 1700's
13. Colonel George _______: leader of "Long Knives"
18. very profitable
20. _______ Rock: name given site of Illiniwek defeat
21. Indians who supported the British
22. groups joined by pact
25. town at site of second Fort St. Louis
26. Indians who fought the Illiniwek in 1630's
28. one of the first French explorers in Illinois
29. small amount
30. Jesuits built mission here
31. European disease which killed many Indians

Down

2. meeting of leaders
3. British fort captured by George Rogers Clark
4. unhappy with
6. Fort _______: French headquarters in Illinois
10. Fort _______: also known as Fort Ascension
11. type of trade between Europeans and Indians
12. European enemy of French during Seven Years War
14. no existing maps of land
15. militarily important
16. Indians in northeastern Illinois who were traditional enemies of the Illiniwek
17. number of years French-Indian war lasted
19. Indians who moved to Wisconsin and Illinois after losing their land to the Iroquois
23. French explorer who built Fort Creve Coeur
24. to intrude on another's rights
25. formed an alliance of Indians to fight the British
27. European allies of the Illiniwek

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