French Pathfinders in North America
by William Henry Johnson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Johnson, William Henry, 1845-1907
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1001: North America local history: Canada
- Subject
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- French
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21543
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21543
- Release Date
- May 20, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Jacques Cartier — French Pathfinders — in
- 2.North America — By William Henry Johnson — Author of "The World's Discoverers," "Pioneer Spaniards in North America," etc. — With Seven Full-Page Plates — Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1912
- 3.FOREWORD
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — French Pathfinders in North America — Chapter I — THE ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIAN RACE — Chapter II — SOMETHING ABOUT INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE — Indian Family Tree. — Chapter III — THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE — Chapter IV — ACHIEVEMENTS OF FRENCHMEN IN THE NORTH OF AMERICA — Chapter V — JACQUES CARTIER, THE DISCOVERER OF CANADA — Chapter VI — JEAN RIBAUT — THE FRENCH AT PORT ROYAL, IN SOUTH CAROLINA — Chapter VII — RENÉ DE LAUDONNIÈRE — PLANTING A COLONY ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER — Fort Caroline — Chapter VIII — SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN IN NOVA SCOTIA — Samuel de Champlain — Chapter IX — SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN ( Continued ) — THE FRENCH ON THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE GREAT LAKES — Fort of the Iroquois — Chapter X — JESUIT MISSIONARY PIONEERS — Chapter XI — JEAN NICOLLET, LOUIS JOLIET, AND FATHER JACQUES MARQUETTE — THE DISCOVERERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI — Chapter XII — PIERRE ESPRIT RADISSON AND MÉDARD CHOUART EXPLORE LAKE SUPERIOR — Chapter XIII — ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE LA SALLE, THE FIRST EXPLORER OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI — Chapter XIV — LA SALLE AND THE FOUNDING OF LOUISIANA — The Murder of La Salle — Supplement to Chapter XIV — Le Moyne de Bienville — Chapter XV — FATHER LOUIS HENNEPIN — Falls of St. Anthony — Chapter XVI — THE VÉRENDRYES DISCOVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS — NOTE ON THE MANDANS — BOOKS FOR REFERENCE — INDEX
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