Tragic Curse Of Kaskaskia – The First Capital Of Illinois

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – You can still find the city of Kaskaskia on maps, but legends tell people ceased to live there when a very angry man cursed the place.  Kaskaskia, the first capital of Illinois, USA, had once a population of about 10,000 people, but the city could not recover after a catastrophe and those who survived had to move elsewhere.

There are different versions of the Kaskaskia curse and it’s unclear who cursed the city. According to one legend, it was a priest who cursed the inhabitants of Kaskaskia and asked God to destroy the ground where people built their homes.

Another legend tells the sad story of a young Native American man who fell in love with the daughter of a French settler. Her father didn’t want to approve the union of the couple and killed the Indian who swore to seek revenge after his death, cursing the city of Kaskaskia.

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