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PATHFINDERS OF

THE GREAT PLAINS


A Chronicle of La Verendrye and his Sons

BY

LAWRENCE J. BURPEE



TORONTO

GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY

1914




  Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
  the Berne Convention




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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 MOUNTAINS ..........   72
  VI.  LA VERENDRYES' LATTER DAYS ...............   92
       BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ..................  113
       INDEX..........................  115




ILLUSTRATIONS

LA VERENDRYE EXPLORATIONS, 1731-43.........  _Facing page_ 1
  Map by Bartholomew.

AN INDIAN ENCAMPMENT................     "     "   48
  Painting by Paul Kane.

AN ASSINIBOINE INDIAN ...............     "     "   52
  From a pastel by Edmund Morris.

MANDAN GIRLS....................     "     "   68
  From Pritchard's 'Natural History of Man.'

TABLET DEPOSITED BY LA VERENDRYE, 1743.......