TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
Dedication v
Publisher's Note vi
Historical Introduction 1
Biographical Notice of Joutel 27
Original Title Page in facsimile 31
The French Bookseller to the reader 33
The Preface written by Sieur de Mitchell 47
Joutel's Journal with notes and annotations 53
Remainder of Letter by he who revis'd this Journal, being
sequel to same 203
Letters Patent granted by the King of France to M. Crozat 212
Bibliography of "The Discovery of the Mississippi," by Appleton
P. C. Griffin 221
Index 241
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Heliotype reproduction of Gudebrod's Statue of La Salle produced
for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint
Louis, 1904 Frontispiece
Reproduction in facsimile of Joutel's Map originally published
in the Paris edition of 1713 End of volume
