Pathfinders of the Great Plains - A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons

Project Gutenberg's Pathfinders of the Great Plains, by Lawrence J. Burpee This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Pathfinders of the Great Plains A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons Author: Lawrence J. Burpee Release Date: October 1, 2009 [EBook #30145] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT PLAINS *** Produced by Al Haines (This file was produced from images obtained from The Internet Archive) PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT PLAINS A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons BY LAWRENCE J. BURPEE TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1914 Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Convention {ix} CONTENTS Page I. EARLY SERVICE 1 II. FIRST ATTEMPT AT EXPLORATION 20 III. ACROSS THE PLAINS 44 IV. THE MANDAN INDIANS 55 V. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ROCKY 72 MOUNTAINS VI. LA VÉRENDRYES' LATTER DAYS 92 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 113 INDEX 115 ILLUSTRATIONS LA VÉRENDRYE EXPLORATIONS, 1731-43 Facing page Map by Bartholomew. 1 AN INDIAN ENCAMPMENT " " Painting by Paul Kane. 48 AN ASSINIBOINE INDIAN " " From a pastel by Edmund Morris. 52 MANDAN GIRLS " " From Pritchard's 'Natural History of Man.