CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.PAGE.
Pre-historic Man in the Northwest—The Red Race—First
Discoveries in New France,[vii]
CHAPTER I.
Events Leading to Western Exploration,[11]
CHAPTER II.
John Nicolet, the Explorer,[26]
CHAPTER III.
Nicolet Discovers the Northwest,[35]
CHAPTER IV.
Subsequent Career and Death of Nicolet,[75]
Appendix,[93]
Index,[107]