Pathfinders of the West - Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who - Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, - Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
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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 |
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