France and England in North America, Part III: The Discovery of the Great West (1870)
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1870
The discovery of the Great West, or the valleys of the Mississippi and the Lakes, is a portion of our history hitherto very obscure. Those magnificent regions were revealed to the world through a series of daring enterprises, of which the motives and even the incidents have been but partially and superficially known. The chief actor in them wrote much, but printed nothing; and the published writings of his associates stand wofully in need of interpretation from the unpublished documents which exist, but which have not heretofore been used as material for history.
This volume attempts to supply the defect. Of the large amount of wholly new material employed in it, by far the greater part is drawn from the various public archives of France, and the rest from private sources. The discovery of many of these documents is due to the indefatigable research of M. Pierre Margry, assistant custodian of the Archives of the Marine and Colonies at Paris, whose labors, as an investigator of the maritime and colonial history of France can be appreciated only by those who have seen their results. In the department of American colonial history, these results have been invaluable; for, besides several private collections made by him, he rendered important service in the collection of the French portion of the Brodhead documents, selected and arranged the two great series of colonial papers ordered by the Canadian government, and prepared, with vast labor, analytical indexes of these and of supplementary documents in the French archives, as well as a copious index of the mass of papers relating to Louisiana. It is to be hoped that the valuable publications on the maritime history of France which have appeared from his pen are an earnest of more extended contributions in future.
The late President Sparks, some time after the publication of his life of La Salle, caused a collection to be made of documents relating to that explorer, with the intention of incorporating them in a future edition. This intention was never carried into effect, and the documents were never used. With the liberality which always distinguished him, he placed them at my disposal, and this privilege has been, kindly continued by Mrs. Sparks.
Francis Parkman
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FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA, A SERIES OF HISTORICAL NARRATIVES, PART THIRD.
TO THE CLASS OF 1844, HARVARD COLLEGE, THIS BOOK IS CORDIALLY DEDICATED BY ONE OF THEIR NUMBER.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. 1643-1669. CAVELIER DE LA SALLE.
CHAPTER II. 1669-1671. LA SALLE AND THE SULPITIANS.
CHAPTER III. 1670-1672. THE JESUITS ON THE LAKES.
CHAPTER IV. 1667-1672. FRANCE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE WEST.
CHAPTER V. 1672-1675. THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER VI. 1673-1678. LA SALLE AND FRONTENAC.
CHAPTER VII. 1674-1678. LA SALLE AND THE JESUITS.
CHAPTER VIII. 1678. PARTY STRIFE.
CHAPTER IX. 1677-1678. THE GRAND ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER X. 1678-1679. LA SALLE AT NIAGARA.
CHAPTER XI. 1679. THE LAUNCH OF THE "GRIFFIN."
CHAPTER XII. 1679. LA SALLE ON THE UPPER LAKES.
CHAPTER XIV. 1680. FORT CRÈVECOEUR.
CHAPTER XV. 1680. HARDIHOOD OF LA SALLE.
CHAPTER XVI. 1680. INDIAN CONQUERORS.
CHAPTER XVII. 1680. TONTY AND THE IROQUOIS.
CHAPTER XVIII. 1680. THE ADVENTURES OF HENNEPIN.
CHAPTER XIX. 1680, 1681. HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX.
CHAPTER XX. 1681. LA SALLE BEGINS ANEW.
CHAPTER XXI. 1681-1682. SUCCESS OF LA SALLE.
CHAPTER XXII. 1682-1683. ST. LOUIS OF THE ILLINOIS.
CHAPTER XXIII. 1684. A NEW ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER XXIV. 1684-1685. LA SALLE IN TEXAS.
CHAPTER XXV. 1685-1687. ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS.
CHAPTER XXVI. 1687. ASSASSINATION OF LA SALLE.
CHAPTER XXVII. 1687, 1688. THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. 1688-1689. FATE OF THE TEXAN COLONY.
INTRODUCTION.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST.
CHAPTER I. 1643-1669. CAVELIER DE LA SALLE.
CHAPTER II. 1669-1671. LA SALLE AND THE SULPITIANS.
CHAPTER III. 1670-1672. THE JESUITS ON THE LAKES.
CHAPTER IV. 1667-1672. FRANCE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE WEST.
CHAPTER V. 1672-1675. THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER VI. 1673-1678. LA SALLE AND FRONTENAC.
CHAPTER VII. 1674-1678. LA SALLE AND THE JESUITS.
CHAPTER VIII. 1678. PARTY STRIFE.
CHAPTER IX. 1677-1678. THE GRAND ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER X. 1678-1679. LA SALLE AT NIAGARA.
CHAPTER XI. 1679. THE LAUNCH OF THE "GRIFFIN."
CHAPTER XII. 1679. LA SALLE ON THE UPPER LAKES.
CHAPTER XIII. 1679-1680. LA SALLE ON THE ILLINOIS.
CHAPTER XIV. 1680. FORT CRÈVECOEUR.
CHAPTER XV. 1680. HARDIHOOD OF LA SALLE.
CHAPTER XVI. 1680. INDIAN CONQUERORS.
CHAPTER XVII. 1680. TONTY AND THE IROQUOIS.
THE ILLINOIS TOWN.
CHAPTER XVIII. 1680. THE ADVENTURES OF HENNEPIN.
CHAPTER XIX. 1680, 1681. HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX.
CHAPTER XX. 1681. LA SALLE BEGINS ANEW.
CHAPTER XXI. 1681-1682. SUCCESS OF LA SALLE.
CHAPTER XXII. 1682-1683. ST. LOUIS OF THE ILLINOIS.
CHAPTER XXIII. 1684. A NEW ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER XXIV. 1684-1685. LA SALLE IN TEXAS.
CHAPTER XXV. 1685-1687. ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS.
CHAPTER XXVI. 1687. ASSASSINATION OF LA SALLE.
CHAPTER XXVII. 1687, 1688. THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. 1688-1689. FATE OF THE TEXAN COLONY.
APPENDIX II.