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is captured by the Iroquois and carried to the Mohawk Valley--In League with Another Captive, he slays their Guards and escapes--He is overtaken in Sight of Home--Tortured and adopted in the Tribe, he visits Orange, where the Dutch offer to ransom him--His Escape
CHAPTER II
RADISSON'S SECOND VOYAGE
Radisson returns to Quebec, where he joins the Jesuits to go to the Iroquois Mission--He witnesses the Massacre of the Hurons among the Thousand Islands--Besieged by the Iroquois, they pass the Winter as Prisoners of War--Conspiracy to massacre the French foiled by Radisson
CHAPTER III
RADISSON'S THIRD VOYAGE
The Discovery of the Great Northwest--Radisson and his Brother-in-law, Groseillers, visit what are now Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, and the Canadian Northwest--Radisson's Prophecy on first beholding the West--Twelve Years before Marquette and Jolliet, Radisson sees the Mississippi--The Terrible Remains of Dollard's Fight seen on the Way down the Ottawa--Why Radisson's Explorations have been ignored
CHAPTER IV
RADISSON'S FOURTH VOYAGE
The Success of the Explorers arouses Envy--It becomes known that they have heard of the Famous Sea of the North--When they ask Permission to resume their Explorations, the French Governor refuses except on Condition of receiving Half the Profits--In Defiance, the Explorers steal off at Midnight--They return with a Fortune and are driven from New France
CHAPTER V
RADISSON RENOUNCES ALLEGIANCE TO TWO CROWNS
Rival Traders thwart the Plans of the Discoverers--Entangled in Lawsuits, the Two French Explorers go to England--The Organization of the Hudson's Bay Fur Company--Radisson the Storm-centre of International Intrigue--Boston Merchants in the Struggle to capture the Fur Trade
CHAPTER VI
RADISSON GIVES UP A CAREER IN THE NAVY FOR THE FUR TRADE
Though opposed by the Monopolists of Quebec, he secures Ships for a Voyage to Hudson Bay--Here he encounters a Pirate Ship from Boston and an English Ship of the Hudson's Bay Company--How he plays his Cards to win against Both Rivals
CHAPTER VII
THE LAST VOYAGE OF RADISSON TO HUDSON BAY
France refuses to restore the Confiscated Furs and Radisson tries to redeem his Fortune--Re?ngaged by England, he captures back Fort Nelson, but comes to Want in his Old Age--His Character

PART TWO
THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA, BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, THE MISSOURI UPLANDS, AND THE VALLEY OF THE SASKATCHEWAN
CHAPTER VIII
THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA
M. de la V��rendrye continues the Exploration of the Great Northwest by establishing a Chain of Fur Posts across the Continent--Privations of the Explorers and the Massacre of Twenty Followers--His Sons visit the Mandans and discover the Rockies--The Valley of the Saskatchewan is next explored, but Jealousy thwarts the Explorer, and he dies in Poverty

PART THREE
SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE LEADS SAMUEL HEARNE TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE AND ATHABASCA REGION
CHAPTER IX
SAMUEL HEARNE
The Adventures of Hearne in his Search for the Coppermine River and Northwest Passage--Hilarious Life of Wassail led by Governor Norton--The Massacre of the Eskimo by Hearne's Indians North of the Arctic Circle--Discovery of the Athabasca Country--Hearne becomes Resident Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, but is captured by the French--Death of Norton and Suicide of Matonabbee

PART FOUR
FIRST ACROSS THE ROCKIES--HOW MACKENZIE CROSSED THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND LEWIS AND CLARK WERE FIRST TO CROSS FROM MISSOURI TO COLUMBIA
CHAPTER X
FIRST ACROSS THE ROCKIES
How Mackenzie found the Great River named after him and then pushed across the Mountains to the Pacific, forever settling the Question of a Northwest Passage
CHAPTER XI
LEWIS AND CLARK
The First White Men to ascend the Missouri to its Sources and descend the Columbia to the Pacific--Exciting Adventures on the Ca?ons of the Missouri, the Discovery of the Great Falls and the Yellowstone--Lewis' Escape from Hostiles
APPENDIX
INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS
Stealing from the Fort by Night . . . . . . Frontispiece
Map of the Great Fur Country
Three Rivers in 1757
Map of the Iroquois Country in the Days of Radisson
Albany from an Old Print
The Battery, New York, in Radisson's Time
Fort Amsterdam, from an ancient engraving executed in Holland
One of the Earliest Maps of the Great Lakes
Paddling past Hostiles
Jogues, the Jesuit Missionary, who was tortured by the Mohawks
Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal
A Cree Brave, with the Wampum String
An Old-time Buffalo Hunt on the Plains among the Sioux
Father Marquette, from an old painting discovered in Montreal
Voyageurs running the Rapids of the Ottawa River
Montreal in 1760
Chateau St. Louis, Quebec, 1669
A Parley on the Plains
Martello Tower of Refuge in Time of Indian Wars--Three Rivers
Skin for Skin, Coat of Arms and Motto, Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company Coins, made of Lead melted from Tea-chests at York Factory
Hudson Bay Dog Trains laden with Furs arriving at Lower Fort Garry, Red River
Indians and Hunters spurring to the Fight
Fights at the Foothills of the Rockies, between Crows and Snakes
Each Man landed with Pack on his Back and trotted away over Portages
A Cree Indian of the Minnesota Borderlands
A Group of Cree Indians
The Soldiers marched out from Mount Royal for the Western Sea
Traders' Boats running the Rapids of the Athabasca River
The Ragged Sky-line of the Mountains
Hungry Hall, 1870
A Monarch of the Plains
Fur