. Pathfinders of the West; being the thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest. orts of thechain leading to the Western Sea had been Chevalier de la Verendrye restored as he passedwestward. Governor Beauharnois had alwavs refused to believethe charges of private peculation against M. de laVerendrye. Governor de la Galissonniere was equallyfavorable to the explorer ; and De la Verendrye wasdecorated with the Order of the Cross of St. Louis,and given permission to continue his winter of 1749 was passed preparing suppliesfor t
. Pathfinders of the West; being the thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest. orts of thechain leading to the Western Sea had been Chevalier de la Verendrye restored as he passedwestward. Governor Beauharnois had alwavs refused to believethe charges of private peculation against M. de laVerendrye. Governor de la Galissonniere was equallyfavorable to the explorer ; and De la Verendrye wasdecorated with the Order of the Cross of St. Louis,and given permission to continue his winter of 1749 was passed preparing suppliesfor the posts of the West; but a life of hardship anddisappointment had undermined the constitution ofthe dauntless pathfinder. On the 6th of December, 236 PATHFINDERS OF THE WEST while busy with plans for his hazardous and thanklessquest, he died suddenly at Montreal. Rival fur traders scrambled for the spoils of theManitoba and Missouri territory like dogs for a la Jonquiere had become governor. Allied withhim was the infamous Bigot, the intendant, and thosetwo saw in the Western fur trade an opportunity to. Tepees dotted the valley. enrich themselves. The rights of De la Verendryessons to succeed their father were entirely de Saint-Pierre was appointed commanderof the Western Sea. The very goods forwarded byDe la Verendrye were confiscated. But Saint-Pierre had enough trouble from his ap-pointment. His lieutenant, M. de Niverville, almostlost his life among hostiles on the way down the SEARCH FOR THE WESTERN SEA 237 Saskatchewan after building Fort Lajonquiere at thefoothills of the Rockies, where Calgary now had headquarters in Manitoba on theAssiniboine, and one afternoon in midwinter, whenhis men were out hunting, he saw his fort suddenlyfill with armed Assiniboines bent on massacre. Theyjostled him aside, broke into the armory, and helpedthemselves to weapons. Saint-Pierre had only onerecourse. Seizing a firebrand, he tore the
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