Copyright, 1897, by Little, Brown & Co Goupil & Co., Paris
La Salle Presenting a Petition to Louis XIV.
Drawn by Adrien Moreau.
La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, Frontispiece

LA SALLE
AND THE
DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA.

Part Third.

BY
FRANCIS PARKMAN.

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1908


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
Francis Parkman,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by
Francis Parkman,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Copyright, 1897,
By Little, Brown, and Company.

Copyright, 1897,
By Grace P. Coffin and Katharine S. Coolidge.