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CONTENTS.PagbIntroduction . 3CHAPTER I.1643-1669.CAVELIER DE LA SALLE.The Youth <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong> : his Connection with <strong>the</strong> Jesuits ; hegoes to Canada ; his Character ; his Schemes ; his Seignioryat <strong>La</strong> Chine ; his Expedition in Search <strong>of</strong> a <strong>West</strong>ern Passageto India 7CHAPTER H.1669-1671.LA SALLE AND THE SULPITIANS.The French in <strong>West</strong>ern New York. — Louis Joliet. — The Sulpitianson <strong>La</strong>ke Erie ; at Detroit ; at Saut Ste. Marie. — TheMystery <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong>: he discovers <strong>the</strong> Ohio; he descends<strong>the</strong> Illinois ; did he reach <strong>the</strong> Mississippi 1 . < 19CHAPTER 1TL1670-1672.THE JESUITS ON THE LAKES.The Old Missions <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> New. — A Change <strong>of</strong> Spirit. — <strong>La</strong>bs/ Superior <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Copper-mines. — Ste. Marie. — <strong>La</strong> Pointe. —Michilimackinac. — Jesuits on <strong>La</strong>ke Michigan. — Allouez<strong>and</strong> Dablon- — The Jesuit Pur-trade 36

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