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THE RED MAN AND THE WHITE MAN


IN


NORTH AMERICA


FROM


ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME



BY


GEORGE E. ELLIS





BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1882



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Copyright, 1882,

By George E. Ellis.







University Press:

John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.



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THIS VOLUME


IS RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED TO


FRANCIS PARKMAN,


WHOSE GENIUS AND ATTAINMENTS; WHOSE PATIENT AND LABORIOUS STUDIES FOR NEARLY TWO-SCORE YEARS; WHOSE EXTENDED TRAVELS THROUGH THE WILDER PARTS OF THIS CONTINENT FOR PERSONAL INTERCOURSE WITH THE INDIANS; AND WHOSE PERSEVERING RESEARCH THROUGH FOREIGN ARCHIVES, HAVE MADE HIM A MASTER OF THE GREAT THEME WHICH HE HAS ALREADY ILLUSTRATED IN SEVEN VOLUMES, — STILL AWAITING OTHERS, — COVERING THE PERIOD OF


EXPLORATION, ENTERPRISE, AND DOMINION OF FRANCE

IN NORTH AMERICA.