Excerpt from French Pathfinders in North America H e has dealt with material that has been used often and again. Still there has seemed to him to be a place for a book which should out line the story of the great French explorers in such simple, direct fashion as might attract young readers. Trying to meet this need, he has sought to add to the usefulness of the volume by intro ductory chapters, simple in language, but drawn from the best authorities and carefully considered, giving a View of Indian society; also, by insert ing numerous notes on Indian tribal connections, customs, and the like subjects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.