Chapter I: Introduction: 7

I. CARTIER AND THE ST. LAWRENCE 13

II. CHAMPLAIN AND THE GREAT LAKES 25

III. JOLIET, MARQUETTE AND THE RIVER OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND STREAMS 40

IV. LA SALLE AND THE GREATER NEW FRANCE 48

V. RADISSON AND THE GREAT NORTH WEST 59

VI. MONTCALM AND THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE 72

VII. PONTIAC AND THE LAST HOPE OF INDIAN SUPREMACY 82

VIII. THE GRAY GOWNS AND THE BLACK 96

IX. THE IROQUOIS AND THE HURONS 111

X. THE COUREUR-DES-BOIS AND THE VOYAGEUR 126

XI. THE SEIGNIOR AND THE HABITANT 134

XII. STORIES WHICH ILLUSTRATE REFERENCES IN THIS BOOK. 143

XIII. POEMS WHICH ILLUSTRATE REFERENCES IN THIS BOOK. 151

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE LANDING OF THE CANADIANS IN FRANCE, 1914 _Frontispiece_

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SENECA HUNTER GROUP 16

THE RETURN OF THE WARRIORS 34

COUNCIL OF THE TURTLE CLAN 68

THE CAYUGA FALSE FACE CEREMONY 86

THE CORN HARVEST 104

TYPICAL IROQUOIS INDUSTRIES 122