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Title: The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago

Author: John S. C. Abbott

Release Date: January 22, 2008 [EBook #24400]

Language: English

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_AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS_.

THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHEVALIER DE LA SALLEAND HIS COMPANIONS,

IN THEIR EXPLORATIONS OF THE PRAIRIES, FORESTS, LAKES, AND RIVERS,

OF THE NEW WORLD, AND THEIR INTERVIEWS WITH THE SAVAGE TRIBES,

TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

By

JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

NEW YORK:
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY,
Publishers

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
DODD & MEAD,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

TO

THE INHABITANTS OF THE GREAT VALLEY OF THE WEST,
WHOSE MAGNIFICENT REALMS
LA SALLE AND HIS COMPANIONS WERE THE FIRST TO EXPLORE,
THIS VOLUME
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY

JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

PREFACE.

There is no one of the Pioneers of this continent whose achievements
equal those of the Chevalier Robert de la Salle. He passed over
thousands of miles of lakes and rivers in the birch canoe. He traversed
countless leagues of prairie and forest, on foot, guided by the
moccasined Indian, threading trails which the white man's foot had
never trod, and penetrating the villages and the wigwams of savages,
where the white man's face had never been seen.

Fear was an emotion La Salle never experienced.