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A HALF CENTURY OF CONFLICT - FRANCIS PARKMAN
A HALF CENTURY OF CONFLICT - FRANCIS PARKMAN
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D) NOTE: EX LIBRIS. WITH POCKET COMMA STAMPS ETC, BUT APPEARS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN BORROWED. MAPS [3] IN VOLUME TWO. MODEST WEAR TO SPINE EDGE ON BOTH VOLUMES. 728 PAGES. [2 VOLUMES]
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1697-1741.
FRANCE IN THE FAR WEST.
French Explorers.–Le Sueur on the St. Peter’s.–Canadians on the Missouri.–Juchereau de Saint-Denis.–Bénard de la Harpe on Red River.–Adventures of Du Tisné.–Bourgmont visits the Comanches.–The Brothers Mallet in Colorado and New Mexico.–Fabry de la Bruyère.
CHAPTER XVI.
1716-1761.
SEARCH FOR THE PACIFIC.
The Western Sea.–Schemes for reaching it.–Journey of Charlevoix.–The Sioux Mission.–Varennes de la Vérendrye.–His Enterprise.–His Disasters.–Visits the Mandans.–His Sons.–Their Search for the Western Sea.–Their Adventures.–The Snake Indians.–A Great War-Party.–The Rocky Mountains.–A Panic.–Return of the Brothers.–Their Wrongs and their Fate.












