Children's History

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

The Boy Radisson 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

Chapters

30. CHAPTER XI

The First White Men to ascend the Missouri to its Sources and descend the Columbia to the Pacific--Exciting Adventures on the Cañons of the Missouri, the Discovery of the Great...

25. CHAPTER VIII

M. de la Vérendrye 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 Tw...

17. CHAPTER I

The Boy Radisson 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 Hom...

19. CHAPTER III

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 Proph...

20. CHAPTER IV

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 Frenc...

29. CHAPTER X

There is an old saying that if a man has the right mettle in him, you may stick him a thousand leagues in the wilderness on a barren rock and he will plant pennies and grow doll...

22. CHAPTER VI

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 Co...

18. CHAPTER II

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 Iroquoi...

27. CHAPTER IX

The Adventures of Hearne in his Search for the Coppermine River and the Northwest Passage--Hilarious Life of Wassail led by Governor Norton--The Massacre of the Eskimo by Hearne...

21. CHAPTER V

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...

23. CHAPTER VII

France refuses to restore the Confiscated Furs and Radisson tries to redeem his Fortune--Reëngaged by England, he captures back Fort Nelson, but comes to Want in his Old Age--hi...

15. CHAPTER XI

The First White Men to ascend the Missouri to its Sources and descend the Columbia to the Pacific--Exciting Adventures on the Cañons of the Missouri, the Discovery of the Great...

10. CHAPTER VIII

M. de la Vérendrye 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 Tw...

5. CHAPTER IV

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 Frenc...

12. CHAPTER IX

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 I...

4. CHAPTER III

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 Proph...

7. CHAPTER VI

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 Co...

2. CHAPTER I

The Boy Radisson 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 Hom...

3. CHAPTER II

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 Iroquoi...

6. CHAPTER V

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...

8. CHAPTER VII

France refuses to restore the Confiscated Furs and Radisson tries to redeem his Fortune--Reëngaged by England, he captures back Fort Nelson, but comes to Want in his Old Age--Hi...

14. CHAPTER X

9. PART TWO

24. PART II

16. PART I

28. PART IV

13. PART FOUR

1. PART ONE

26. PART III

11. PART THREE