D’Iberville’s Arrival at the Mouth of the Mississippi—Foundation of the first French Fort on the Bay of Biloxi—English Expedition to the Mississippi—The Mississippi Scheme—Foundation of New Orleans—Bursting of the Bubble—Louisiana ceded to England—Boone’s first Trip to Kentucky—Taken Prisoner by the Indians—Escape—Meeting with his Brother—Murder of Squire Boone’s Servant—A White Man’s Skeleton found in the Woods—Hunters on the Ohio and in Tennessee—First Settlers start for Kentucky—An Indian Ambush—Retreat—Boone in Despair—Fresh Hope—Boone’s Third Trip at the Head of a Surveying Party—Purchase of Lands from the Cherokees—Foundation of Boonesborough—Influx of Emigrants across the Alleghanies—First Settlement of Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, and the South of Michigan—The English supplant the French in Louisiana—Restriction of the Name of Louisiana to a small Tract—First English Settlements in Mississippi and Alabama—Acquisition of Florida—First Spanish and English Settlements in Texas—Acquisition of California, Arizona, and New Mexico—Gradual Retreat of the Red Men before the White Settlers.
The new-born Republic—Pike’s Embarkation on the Mississippi at Fort Louis—Sledge Journey along the Banks of the Mississippi—A Chippeway Encampment—A Native Pictorial Record—A Member of the North-west Company—On Snow-shoes to Leech and Red Cedar Lakes—A Council of Chippeway Warriors—Back to St. Louis—New Expedition organized—The Osage Captives—Along the Arkansas—Arrival at the Head-waters of the Mississippi—Search for the Red River of the South—The Rio del Norte mistaken for it—The Explorers taken Prisoners by the Spaniards—Journey across Texas to Natchitoches—Lewis and Clarke embark on the Missouri at St. Louis—The Mouth of the Platte, or Nebraska—Among the Sioux—Difficulty with Indians at the Great Bend—The Mouth of the Yellowstone River—Encounters with White and Brown Bears—The two Forks of the Missouri—Long Hesitation as to which to follow—Lewis solves the Problem by the Discovery of the Great Falls—Terrible Storm, and Narrow Escape of Clarke—The Gates of the Rocky Mountains—Across the Mountains and Discovery of the Source of the Missouri—Search for Shoshones—Three Indian Women surprised—In the Shoshone Camp—Vain Attempt to reach the Source of the Columbia—On the Summit of the Rocky Mountain Range—Down the Pacific Slope to the lower Course of the Columbia—Construction of Canoes—Down the Columbia to the Great Falls—Successful Navigation of them—In the Great Narrows—The Sea at last—Winter among the Flatheads—Home again.
Discovery of Behring Straits—Cook and Meares—Rescue from Starvation—Encounter with Natives—Vancouver on the Western Coast—Gray’s supposed Discovery of the Columbia—Coxe’s Survey of Hudson’s Bay—James in Distress in Hudson’s Bay—Foundation of the Hudson’s Bay Company—Discovery of Rupert’s River—Disputes with the French—Knight’s Voyage and his terrible Fate—Discovery of Relics of Knight and his Comrades—Moore and Smith in Hudson’s Bay—Cession of Canada to England, and its Results—Heroes of the Transition Time—Hearne’s Discovery of Athabasca Lake and the Coppermine River—Massacre of Esquimaux—Discovery of the Arctic Ocean—Result to Geographical Science of that Discovery—Hearne’s Return to Hudson’s Bay—The Indian Exile wrestled for—Enthusiasm of the Company—The Rise of the North-west Company—Mackenzie’s Journey to the Slave Lake, and Discovery of the Slave, Athabasca, or Mackenzie River—His Voyage to Great Bear Lake—Return to Fort [♦]Chipewyan—Journey across Country to the North Pacific—The Work of all Explorers united by his last Trip.
[♦] ‘Chippewyan’ replaced with ‘Chipewyan’
The Pacific Fur Company—Voyage of the Tonquin—Foundation of Astoria—Massacre on the Tonquin—Terrible Revenge—The great Small-pox Chief—Start of the Land Expedition—An Ambush—Unexpected Rescue—Treachery of an Interpreter—Among the Crow Indians—The Black Mountains—The invisible Lords of the Mountain—Arrival on the Banks of the Mad River—Across Country to the Henry River—Construction of Canoes—Embarkation on the Henry—A Canadian drowned—The Lion Caldron—Across Country again—Among the Akai-chies—News of the Astorians—Threatened Attack of the Natives—Arrival on the Banks of the Columbia—Along the River to Indian Encampment—News of Tragedy on the Tonquin—Down the Columbia to Astoria.
Cass’s Voyage up the Mississippi—Long and James on the Platte, or Nebraska—Discovery of the two Sources of the Platte—Among the Mountain Passes—Eating of poisonous Berries—Meeting with a Bear—Ascent of Pike’s Peak—Search for Head-waters of the Arkansas—The Canadian taken for the Arkansas, and followed to its Junction with the latter River—Start of new Expedition from the Ohio—Cannibalism among the Natives—The Apostle of the Indians—Across the Prairies to Lake Michigan—Through Illinois to the Mississippi—Up the Mississippi to the Minnesota—The Head-waters of the Minnesota—The primal Home of the Red River of the North, the St. Lawrence, etc.—Up the Red River to Lake Winnipeg—From Lake Winnipeg to the Lake of the Woods, and thence across Country to Lake Superior—Schoolcraft’s Ascent of the Mississippi, and Discovery of its actual Source.