CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	THE ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIAN RACE	3
II.	SOMETHING ABOUT INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE	15
III.	THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE	27
IV.	ACHIEVEMENTS OF FRENCHMEN IN THE NORTH OF AMERICA	45
V.	JACQUES CARTIER, THE DISCOVERER OF CANADA	53
VI.	JEAN RIBAUT: THE FRENCH AT PORT ROYAL, IN SOUTH CAROLINA	67
VII.	RENÉ DE LAUDONNIÈRE: PLANTING A COLONY ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER	77
VIII.	SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN IN NOVA SCOTIA	101
IX.	SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN (continued): THE FRENCH ON THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE GREAT LAKES	119
X.	JESUIT MISSIONARY PIONEERS	147
XI.	JEAN NICOLLET, LOUIS JOLIET, AND FATHER JACQUES MARQUETTE; THE DISCOVERERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI	169
XII.	PIERRE ESPRIT RADISSON AND MÉDARD CHOUART EXPLORE LAKE SUPERIOR	187
XIII.	ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE LA SALLE, THE FIRST EXPLORER OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI	225
XIV.	LA SALLE AND THE FOUNDING OF LOUISIANA [SUPPLEMENT: THE EXECUTION OF HIS PLAN BY BIENVILLE]	261 278
XV.	FATHER LOUIS HENNEPIN	289
XVI.	THE VÉRENDRYES DISCOVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS	313
	BOOKS FOR REFERENCE	329
	INDEX	335

="[Pg 15]"> as soon as they saw the lion boy away they scampered, chattering, for the monkeys were afraid of the lions.

"Everything is all right!" called Switchie to the hiding Nero. "There are no hunters! Come on and get a drink."

Nero was very thirsty, after having played and had fun in the hot jungle sun, and he very much wanted a drink. So he rushed down to the spring, which was quite a large one, and began to lap up the water, just as your dog or cat drinks milk from a dish.

"Isn't this fun?" growled Switchie, as he stopped drinking for a moment. "Aren't we having fun, Nero?"

"Lots of fun!" answered the other lion cub.

And just then something happened. There was a rattle of the dried leaves in the jungle back of the spring. Something very hard hit Nero in the side, and a voice cried:

"There! I'll teach you to drink from my edge of the spring! Take that!"

And the next moment Nero felt himself sliding down the slippery bank of the spring, and into the water he went with a big splash!

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