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The occupation by France of the lower Mississippi gave a strong impulse to the exploration of the West, by supplying a base for discovery, stimulating enterprise by the longing to find gold mines, open trade with New Mexico, and get a fast hold on the countries beyond the Mississippi in anticipation of Spain; and to these motives was soon added the hope of finding an overland way to the Pacific. It was the Canadians, with their indomitable spirit of adventure, who led the way in the path of discovery. As a bold and hardy pioneer of the wilderness, the Frenchman in America has rarely found. | A Half-Century of Conflict by Francis Parkman 1 CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XVII. A Half-Century of Conflict by Francis Parkman The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Half-Century of Conflict by Francis Parkman 5 in our series by Francis Parkman Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts A Half-Century of Conflict by Francis Parkman 2 eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title A Half-Century of Conflict Volume II Author Francis Parkman Release Date December 2004 EBook 7064 Yes we are more than one year ahead of schedule This file was first posted on March 5 2003 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HALF-CENTURY OF CONFLICT Produced by Don Kretz David Moynihan Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A HALF-CENTURY OF CONFLICT BY FRANCIS PARKMAN VOL. II CONTENTS CHAPTER XV. 1697-1741. FRANCE IN THE FAR WEST. French Sueur on the St. Peter on the de de la Harpe on Red of Du visits the Brothers Mallet