REVIEW OUTLINE
The coming of the French to America.
Cartier discovers the St. Lawrence.
Champlain explores for France.
Champlain's fatal gunshot.
The Iroquois become bitter enemies of the French.
The Iroquois force the French to seek a roundabout route to the Mississippi River.
Henry Hudson wins for the Dutch the friendship of the Iroquois.
Valuable work of the Jesuit missionaries.
Father Marquette goes down the Mississippi.
The daring and tireless La Salle.
His twofold plans.
His voyage to Lake Michigan in the Griffin.
The Griffin sails back to Canada with a cargo of furs.
La Salle lost in the forest.
With friendly indians on the banks of the Illinois River.
Sad days for La Salle.
He decides to make an overland journey to Canada.
Travel in the deep forests.
La Salle at last reaches the mouth of the Mississippi.
He goes to France.
His colony fails.
A long journey begun.
La Salle murdered by his men.
His character and his work.