Round 7: Tossup 18

These two syllables begin the name of a river where Miami warriors ambushed John B. Campbell, which is commemorated in the largest War of 1812 reenactment. These are the first two syllables of an Anishinaabe name that white settlers gave to a river settled by a culture that built Medora near Manchac Point. These two syllables begin the name of a suburb borrowed from an Ojibwe tribe who lived along the Credit River after selling land to the British around (*) Lake Ontario. A floodplain whose name begins with these two syllables is bound by a river named for the Yazoo tribe. A lower valley whose English name begins with these two syllables is home to mounds built by the Natchez people. For 10 points, give these first two syllables in the name of a river that flows past the site of Cahokia (10[2])and the city of Baton Rouge. ■END■

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