{"product_id":"2940012757913","title":"History of the Discovery of the Northwest","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  INTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e                                                         PAGE.\u003cbr\u003e  Pre-historic Man in the Northwest--The Red Race--First\u003cbr\u003e  Discoveries in New France,                               vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Events Leading to Western Exploration,                    11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  John Nicolet, the Explorer,                               26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Nicolet Discovers the Northwest,                          35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Subsequent Career and Death of Nicolet,                   75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  APPENDIX,                                                 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  INDEX,                                                   107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRE-HISTORIC MAN IN THE NORTHWEST--THE RED RACE--FIRST DISCOVERIES IN\u003cbr\u003eNEW FRANCE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the existence, in what are now the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,\u003cbr\u003eMichigan, and Wisconsin, at a remote period, of a race superior in\u003cbr\u003eintelligence to the red men who inhabited this region when first seen by\u003cbr\u003ea European, there are indubitable evidences. Who were these ancient\u003cbr\u003eoccupiers of the territory just mentioned--of its prairies and\u003cbr\u003ewoodlands, hills and valleys? There are no traditions of their power, of\u003cbr\u003etheir labor, or of their wisdom--no record of their having lived, except\u003cbr\u003ein rapidly-decaying relics. They left no descendants to recount their\u003cbr\u003edaring deeds. All that remain of them--the so-called Mound-Builders--are\u003cbr\u003emouldering skeletons. All that are to be seen of their handicraft are\u003cbr\u003eperishing earth-works and rude implements. These sum up the \"types and\u003cbr\u003eshadows\" of the pre-historic age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is nothing to connect \"the dark backward and abysm\" of\u003cbr\u003emound-building times with those of the red race of the Northwest; and\u003cbr\u003eall that is known of the latter dating earlier than their first\u003cbr\u003ediscovery, is exceedingly dim and shadowy. Upon the extended area\u003cbr\u003ebounded by Lake Superior on the north, Lake Michigan on the east,\u003cbr\u003ewide-spreading prairies on the south, and the Mississippi river on the\u003cbr\u003ewest, there met and mingled two distinct Indian families--Algonquins\u003cbr\u003eand Dakotas. Concerning the various tribes of these families, nothing of\u003cbr\u003eimportance could be gleaned by the earliest explorers; at least, very\u003cbr\u003elittle has been preserved. Tradition, it is true, pointed to the\u003cbr\u003eAlgonquins as having, at some remote period, migrated from the east; and\u003cbr\u003ethis has been confirmed by a study of their language. It indicated,\u003cbr\u003ealso, that the Dakotas, at a time far beyond the memory of the most\u003cbr\u003eaged, came from the west or southwest--fighting their way as they came;\u003cbr\u003ethat one of their tribes[1] once dwelt upon the shores of a sea; but\u003cbr\u003ewhen and for what purpose they left their home none could relate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe residue of the Northwest was the dwelling-place of Algonquins alone.\u003cbr\u003eIn reality, therefore, \"the territory northwest of the river Ohio\" has\u003cbr\u003eno veritable history ante-dating the period of its first discovery by\u003cbr\u003ecivilized man. Portions of the country had been heard of, it is true,\u003cbr\u003ebut only through vague reports of savages. There were no accounts at\u003cbr\u003eall, besides these, of the extensive region of the upper lakes or of the\u003cbr\u003evalley of the Upper Mississippi; while nothing whatever was known of the\u003cbr\u003eOhio or of parts adjacent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first of the discoveries in the New World after that of Columbus, in\u003cbr\u003e1492, having an immediate bearing upon this narrative, was that of John\u003cbr\u003eCabot, in 1497. On the third of July, of that year, he saw what is now\u003cbr\u003ebelieved to have been the coast of Labrador. After sailing a short\u003cbr\u003edistance south, he probably discovered the island of Newfoundland. In\u003cbr\u003e1498, his son, Sebastian, explored the continent from Labrador to\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, and possibly as far south as Florida. Gaspar Cortereal, in\u003cbr\u003e1500, reached the shore seen by John Cabot, and explored it several\u003cbr\u003ehundred miles. He was followed, in 1524, by John Verrazzano, who\u003cbr\u003ediscovered the North American coast in, probably, the latitude of what\u003cbr\u003eis now Wilmington, North Carolina. He continued his exploration to the\u003cbr\u003enorthward as far as Newfoundland. To the region visited by him, he gave\u003cbr\u003ethe name of New France. The attention of the reader is now directed to\u003cbr\u003esome of the most important events, in the country thus named, which\u003cbr\u003efollowed, for a period of a hundred and ten years, the voyage of\u003cbr\u003eVerrazzano.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOOTNOTES:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Footnote 1: Ancestors of the present Winnebagoes.]","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081674801392,"sku":"2940012757913","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012757913_p0.jpg?v=1763571853","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012757913","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}