ADVERTISEMENT. IN resuming the publication of this work, it needs only be premised, that it will be continued on precisely the same plan, as that adopted in the preceding volumes, and will be confined to the lives of such individuals as have been distinguished in America; particularly in that part of America which now constitutes the United States. Ten volumes have already been published; but, for the convenience of purchasers who may not possess these volumes, a new series is now commenced, and appropriate title-pages will be furnished; as also title-pages, with which the subsequent volumes may be bound in continuation of the former, or with which any separate volume may be bound when not connected with the series. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1844, by CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusett STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. CONTENTS. First Discovery of the Mississippi. Cavelier de la Salle. - Passes eight Years in Canada.- Obtains Letters Patent from the King. Builds Fort Frontenac. Obtains Recollect Missionaries in Canada. -La Salle prepares for his Voyage of Discovery. - Builds a Vessel of sixty Tons above the Falls Page. |