Viii PREFACE. 



valuable aid from Mr. J. G. Shea, Rev. Felix 

 Martin, S.J., the Abbes Laverdiere and H. R. 

 Casgrain, Dr. J. C. Tache, and the late Jacques 

 Viger, Esq. 



I propose to devote the next volume of this se- 

 ries to the discovery and occupation by the French 

 of the Valley of the Mississippi. 



Boston, 1st May, 1867. 



