History of the Discovery of the Northwest

CONTENTS.


INTRODUCTION.
PAGE.
Pre-historic Man in the Northwest--The Red Race--First
Discoveries in New France, vii

CHAPTER I.

Events Leading to Western Exploration, 11

CHAPTER II.

John Nicolet, the Explorer, 26

CHAPTER III.


Nicolet Discovers the Northwest, 35

CHAPTER IV.

Subsequent Career and Death of Nicolet, 75

APPENDIX, 93

INDEX, 107




INTRODUCTION.

PRE-HISTORIC MAN IN THE NORTHWEST--THE RED RACE--FIRST DISCOVERIES IN
NEW FRANCE.


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