NEW EDITION WITH HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION, ANNOTATIONS AND INDEX BY HENRY REED STILES, A. M., M. D.
TO WHICH IS ADDED A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI BY APPLETON P. C. GRIFFIN, OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
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JOSEPH McDONOUGH
1906
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By JOSEPH McDONOUGH,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington.
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THE INDEFATIGABLE HISTORIAN
OF THE
MISSIONS, LITERATURE AND HISTORY
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AND A
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THIS,
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BY HIMSELF, OVER FORTY YEARS AGO,
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