luable, besides being exceedingly interesting. It is that which
recounts his experiences on Lake Superior. It bears the plainest marks
of truth and authenticity, and it is accepted as historical by the
eminent critic, Dr. Reuben G. Thwaites. Therefore it is reproduced
here, in abridged form; and on the strength of it Radisson is assigned
a place among the Pathfinders.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIAN RACE . . . 3
II. SOMETHING ABOUT INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE . . . . . . . . . 15
III. THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
IV. ACHIEVEMENTS OF FRENCHMEN IN THE NORTH OF AMERICA . . 45
V. JACQUES CARTIER, THE DISCOVERER OF CANADA . . . . . . 53
VI. JEAN RIBAUT: THE FRENCH AT PORT ROYAL,
IN SOUTH CAROLINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
VII. RENE DE LAUDONNIERE: PLANTING A COLONY ON
THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
VIII. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN IN NOVA SCOTIA . . . . . . . . . 101
IX. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN (_continued_): THE FRENCH
ON THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE GREAT LAKES . . . . . . . 119
X. JESUIT MISSIONARY PIONEERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
XI. JEAN NICOLLET, LOUIS JOLIET, AND FATHER JACQUES
MARQUETTE; THE DISCOVERERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI . . . . 169
XII. PIERRE ESPRIT RADISSON AND MEDARD CHOUART
EXPLORE LAKE SUPERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
XIII. ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE LA SALLE, THE FIRST
EXPLORER OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI . . . . . . . . . . 225
XIV. LA SALLE AND THE FOUNDING OF LOUISIANA . . . . . . . 26l
[SUPPLEMENT: THE EXECUTION OF HIS PLAN BY BIENVILLE] 278
XV. FATHER LOUIS HENNEPIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
XVI. THE VERENDRYES DISCOVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . . . . . 313

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JACQUES CARTIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
From the original painting by P. Riis in the
Town Hall of St. Malo, France

Indian Family Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

FORT CAROLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
From De Bry's "Le Moyne de Bienville"

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
From t