The French in Western New York.—Louis Joliet.—The Sulpitians on
Lake Erie.—At Detroit.—At Saut Ste. Marie.—The Mystery of La
Salle.—He discovers the Ohio.—He descends the Illinois.—Did he
reach the Mississippi?
CHAPTER III. 1670-1672. THE JESUITS ON THE LAKES.
The Old Missions and the New.—A Change of Spirit.—Lake Superior
and the Copper Mines.—Ste. Marie.—La Pointe.—Michillimackinac.—
Jesuits on Lake Michigan.—Allouez and Dablon.—The Jesuit
Fur-Trade.
CHAPTER IV. 1667-1672. FRANCE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE WEST.
Talon.—St. Lusson.—Perrot.—The Ceremony at Saut Ste. Marie.—
The Speech of Allouez.—Count Frontenac.
CHAPTER V. 1672-1675. THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Joliet sent to find the Mississippi.—Jacques Marquette.—Departure.—
Green Bay.—The Wisconsin.—The Mississippi.—Indians.—Manitous.
—The Arkansas.—The Illinois.—Joliet's Misfortune.—Marquette
at Chicago.—His Illness.—His Death.
CHAPTER VI. 1673-1678. LA SALLE AND FRONTENAC.
Objects of La Salle.—His Difficulties.—Official Corruption in Canada.—
The Governor of Montreal.—Projects of Frontenac.—Cataraqui.—
Frontenac on Lake Ontario.—Fort Frontenac.—Success of La Salle.