La Salle and the discovery of the Great West
By: Francis Parkman ; introduction by Rick Bass.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Series: Modern Library exploration
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; Explorers -- America -- Biography; Explorers -- France -- Biography; New France -- Discovery and exploration; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: The discovery of the Great West. Boston : Little, Brown, 1869.
Table of contents: title: 1. 1643-1669 Cavelier de la Salle; title: 2. 1669-1671 La Salle and the Sulpitians; title: 3. 1670-1672 The Jesuits on the Lakes; title: 4. 1667-1672 France takes Possession of the West; title: 5. 1672-1675 The Discovery of the Mississippi; title: 6. 1673-1678 La Salle and Frontenac; title: 7. 1678 Party Strife; title: 8. 1677, 1678 The Grand Enterprise; title: 9. 1678-1679 La Salle at Niagara; title: 10. 1679 The Launch of the “Griffin”; title: 11. 1679 La Salle on the Upper Lakes; title: 12. 1679, 1680 La Salle on the Illinois; title: 13. 1680 Fort Crevecoeur; title: 14. 1680 Hardihood of La Salle; title: 15. 1680 Indian Conquerors; title: 16. 1680 Tonty and the Iroquois; title: 17. 1680 The Adventures of Hennepin; title: 18. 1680, 1681 Hennepin among the Sioux; title: 19. 1681 La Salle begins Anew; title: 20. 1681-1682 Success of La Salle; title: 21. 1682, 1683 St. Louis of the Illinois; title: 22. 1680-1683 La Salle Painted by Himself; title: 23. 1684 A New Enterprise; title: 24. 1684, 1685 The Voyage; title: 25. 1685 La Salle in Texas; title: 26. 1685-1687 St. Louis of Texas; title: 27. 1687 Assassination of La Salle; title: 28. 1687, 1688 The Innocent and the Guilty; title: 29. 1688-1689 Fate of the Texan Colony