CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER I. 
 1643-1669. 
CAVELIEK  DE   LA   SALLE. 
The Youth of La Salle: his Connection with the Jesuits; he goes to Canada; his Character; his Schemes; his Seigniory at La Chine; his Expedition in Search of a Western Passage
to India

CHAPTER  II. 
 1669-1671. 
LA   SALLE   AND  THE   SBLPITIANS. 
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. LaPointe. Michilimackinac.  Jesuits on Lake Michigan. Allouez and Dablon. The Jesuit Fur-trade

CHAPTER IV.
  1667-1672. 
PRANCE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE WEST. PAOH Talon. Saint-Lusson. Perrot. The Ceremony at Saut Ste.  Marie. The Speech of Allouez. Count Fronteuac

CHAPTER V. 
 1672-1675. 
THE   DISCOVERT  OF   THE   MISSISSIPPI. 
Joliet sent to find the Mississippi.  Jacques Marquette. De parture. 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. Frontenac favors him. Projects of Frontenac. Cataraqui. Frontenac on Lake Ontario. Fortrontenac. La Salle and Fenelon.   Success of La Salle: his Enemies

CHAPTER VII.  
1678. 
PARTY   STRIFE. 
La Salle and his Reporter. Jesuit Ascendency. The Missions
and the Fur-trade. Female Inquisitors. Plots against La Salle: his Brother the Priest. Intrigues of the Jesuits. La Salle poisoned: he exculpates the Jesuits. Renewed Intrigues

CHAPTER VIII. 
 1677, 1678. 
THE GRAND ENTERPRISE. 
La Salle at Fort Frontenac. La Salle at Court: his Memorial.  Approval of the King. Money and Means.   Henri de Tonty. Return to Canada 

CHAPTER  IX.
  1678-1679. 
LA  SALLE   AT NIAGARA. 
Father Louis Hennepin: his Past Life; his Character. Emharkation. Niagara Falls. Indian Jealousy. La Motte and the Senecas. A Disaster. La Salle and his Followers 

CHAPTER X.  
1679. 
THE   LAUNCH   OF  THE   " GRIFFIN. "
The Niagara Portage. A Vessel on the Stocks. Suffering and Discontent. La Salle's Winter 'Journey. The Vessel launched. Fresh Disasters

CHAPTER  XI.  
1679. 
LA   SALLE   ON   THE   UPPER  LAKES. 
The Voyage of the " Griffin. "Detroit. A Storm.  Saint  Ignace of Michilimackinac. Rivals and Enemies. Lake Michigan. Hardships. A Threatened Fight. Fort Miami. Tonty's Misfortunes.  Forebodings

CHAPTER XII.  
1679, 1680. 
LA   SALLE   ON  THE   ILLINOIS. 
The  Saint  Joseph. Adventure of La Salle. The Prairies. Famine.  The Great Town of the Illinois. Indians. Intrigues. Difficulties. Policy of La Salle. Desertion. Another Attempt to poison La Salle

CHAPTER XIII.  
1680. 
FORT   Crevecceur. 
Building of the Fort. Loss of the " Griffin. "  A Bold Resolution. Another Vessel. Hennepiii sent to the Mississippi. Departure of La Salle

CHAPTER XIV. 
1680. 
HARDIHOOD   OF   LA   SALLE. 
The Winter Journey. The Deserted Town.   Starved Rock. Lake Michigan. The Wilderness. War Parties. La Salle's Men give out. Ill Tidings. Mutiny.   Chastisement of the Mutineers

CHAPTER XV
1680
INDIAN   CONQUERORS. 
The Enterprise renewed. Attempt to rescue Tonty. Buffalo. A Frightful Discovery. Iroquois Fury. The Ruined Town. A  Night of Horror. Traces of the Invaders. No News of Tonty

CHAPTER XVI. 
1680
TONTY   AND  THE   IROQUOIS. 
The Deserters. The Iroquois War. The Great Town of the Illinois. The Alarm. Onset of the Iroquois. Peril of Tonty. A Treacherous Truce. Intrepidity of Tonty. Murder of Ribourde. War upon the Dead

CHAPTER  XVII.
  1680. 
THE ADVENTURES Or HENNEPIN. 
Hennepin an  Impostor: his Pretended Discovery;  his Actual Discovery; captured by the Sioux. The Upper Mississippi 
 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
 1680, 1681. 
HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX. 
Signs of Danger. Adoption. Hennepin and his Indian Relatives.  The Hunting Party. The Sioux Camp. Falls of  Saint  Anthony. A Vagabond Friar  his Adventures on the Mississippi. Greysolon Du Lhut.  Return to Civilization 

CHAPTER   XIX. 
 1681. 
LA  SALLE   BEGINS   ANEW. 
His Constancy; his Plans; his Savage Allies; he becomes Snow-blind. Negotiations.  Grand Council.  La Salle's Oratory. Meeting with Tonty. Preparation.   Departure .  

CHAPTER XX.  
1681-1682. 
SUCCESS   OP   LA   SALLE. 
His Followers. The Chicago Portage. Descent of the Mississippi.   The Lost Hunter. The Arkansas.  The Taensas.  The Natchez. Hostility. The Mouth of the Mississippi. Louis XIV.  proclaimed Sovereign of the Great West 

CHAPTER XXI. 
1682, 1683. 
 SAINT    LOUIS   OF   THE   ILLINOIS. 
Louisiana. Illness of La Salle: his Colony on the Illinois. Fort  Saint  Louis. Recall of Frouteuac. Le Febvre de la Barre. Critical Position of La Salle. Hostility of the New Governor: Triumph of  the Adverse  Faction. La  Salle sails for France

CHAPTER XXII. 
1680-1683. 
LA SALLE PAINTED BY HIMSELF. 
Difficulty of knowing him ; his Detractors; his Letters; vexations of his Position; his Uufituess for Trade; risks of Correspondence ; his Reported Marriage; alleged Ostentation ; motives of Action; charges of Harshness; intrigues against him; unpopular Manners; a Strange Confession; his Strength 'and his Weakness; contrasts of his Character

CHAPTER  XXIII. 
1684. 
A . NEW   ENTERPRISE. 
La Salle at Court: his Proposals. Occupation of Louisiana. Invasion of Mexico. Royal Favor. Preparation. A Divided Command. Beaujeu and La Salle.  Mental Condition of La Salle: his Farewell to his Mother

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
 1684, 1685. 
THE   VOYAGE. 
Disputes with   Beaujeu.  Saint   Domingo. La  Salle  attacked with Fever: his Desperate Condition. The Gulf of Mexico. A Vain Search and a Fatal 

CHAPTER XXV,
1685. 
LA   SALLE   IN   TEXAS. 
A Party of Exploration. Wreck of the " Aimable. "  Landing of the Colonists. A Forlorn Position. Indian Neighbors. Friendly. Advances of Beaujeu: his Departure. A Fatal Discovery

CHAPTER XXVI. 
 1685-1687. 
 SAINT  LOUIS OF TEXAS. 
The Fort. Misery and Dejection. Energy of La Salle: his ' Journey of Exploration. Adventures and Accidents.   The Buffalo  Duhaut. Indian Massacre. Return of La Salle. A New Calamity. A Desperate Resolution. Departure for Canada.  Wreck of the "Belle. "Marriage. Sedition. Adventures of La Salle's Party. The Cenis. The Camanches. The Only Hope. The Last Farewell 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
 1687. 
ASSASSINATION   OF   LA   SALLE. 
His Followers. Prairie Travelling. A Hunters' Quarrel.  The Murder of Moranget. The Conspiracy. Death of La Salle: his Character 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
1687, 1688. 
THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY. 
Triumph of the Murderers. Danger of Joutel. Joutel among the Cenis. White Savages. Insolence of Duhaut and his Accomplices. Murder of Duhaut and Liotot. Hiens, the Buccaneer. Joutel and . his Party: their Escape; they reach the Arkansas. Bravery and Devotion of Tonty. The Fugitives reach the Illinois. Unworthy Conduct of Cavelier. He and his Companions return to France 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
1688-1689. 
PATE   OP  THE   TEXAN   COLONY. 
Tonty attempts to rescue the Colonists: his "Difficulties and Hardships. Spanish Hostility.   Expedition of Alonzo de Leon: he reaches Fort  Saint  Louis. A Scene of Havoc. Destruction of the French.  The End

APPENDIX. 
PAGE I.  Early Unpublished Maps of the  Mississippi and the Great Lakes

II.  The Eldorado of Mathieu Sa’gean