The Red Man and the White Man in North America/front matter




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



Copyright, 1882,

By George E. Ellis.







University Press:

John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.







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.