Parkman, Francis. France and England in North America. A Series of Historical Narratives. Part Third. The Discovery of the Great West . Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1869. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Aurora University
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The late President Sparks, some time after the publication of his life of La Salle, caused a collection to be made of documents relating to that explorer, with the intention of incorporating them in a future edition. This intention was never carried into effect, and the documents were never used. With the liberality which always distinguished

him, he placed them at my disposal, and this privilege has been kindly continued by Mrs. Sparks.