Heroes of discovery in America . IN AMERICA 217 ROBERT DE LA SALLE AND THE FATHEROF WATERS The French of Canada had traversed in Indian ca-noes the chain of great lakes from the St. Lawrenceto the western shores of Lake Superior. They hadfloated in birch-bark canoes down the mighty riverof the west from the land of winter to that of remained to trace this vast stream, the Father ofWaters of the Indians, through its whole length, andthe man for that work was ready in Robert Cavelier,Sieur de La Salle, the greatest of all the pioneer ex-plorers of France. The story of his life would ne
Heroes of discovery in America . IN AMERICA 217 ROBERT DE LA SALLE AND THE FATHEROF WATERS The French of Canada had traversed in Indian ca-noes the chain of great lakes from the St. Lawrenceto the western shores of Lake Superior. They hadfloated in birch-bark canoes down the mighty riverof the west from the land of winter to that of remained to trace this vast stream, the Father ofWaters of the Indians, through its whole length, andthe man for that work was ready in Robert Cavelier,Sieur de La Salle, the greatest of all the pioneer ex-plorers of France. The story of his life would needa book to tell it in full. We can give it here onlyin mere outline. Born at Rouen, France, in 1643, La Salle sought hisfortune in Canada in 1667, engaging in the fur trade,a vocation which took him far into the woods andwilds. Full of youthful enterprise and more ardentfor discovery than for wealth, he explored Lake On-tario and made his way to Lake Erie, no doubt pass-ing that wonderful abyss into which the Niagara poursits w
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