Excerpt from George Washington AS Columbus and La Salle were the most prominent of the Pioneers of America, so was Washington the most illustrious of its Patriots. In the career of Columbus we have a vivid Sketch of life in the tropical portions of the New World four hundred years ago. The adventures of. La Salle, in exploring this continent two hundred years ago, from the North ern Lakes to the Mexican Gulf, are almost without parallel, even in the pages of romance. His narrative gives information, Such as can nowhere else be found, Of the native inhabitants, their number, character, and modes of life when the white man first reached these shores. 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.