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AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION
A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America
Volume 2
by Louis Hennepin
DOCUMENT No. AJ-124B
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I
© Wisconsin Historical Society 2003
Object Description
| Document Number | AJ-124b |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124b/ |
| Document Title | A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America |
| Author | Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent. |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Source | Hennepin, Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, by Father Louis Hennepin. Reprinted from the Second London Issue of 1698, with Facsimiles of Original Title-Pages, Maps, and Illustrations, and the Addition of Introduction, Notes, and Index by Reuben Gold Thwaites. In Two Volumes. (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903). Volume 2. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124b/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124b/summary/ |
| Genre | memoir; travel narrative; translation; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Southwest & California; Great Lakes & Mississippi Valley; West Indies, Gulf & Caribbean; Canada; |
| State / Province | Ontario; Quebec; Illinois; Arkansas; Missouri; Tennessee; Kentucky; Texas; Wisconsin; |
| Event Date | 1678-1687 |
| Expedition / Settlement | La Salle Expeditions, 1678-1687 |
| Ethnicity | French; Indian; |
| Indian Tribe | Shawnee; Pawnee; Comanche; Caddoan; Caddo; Osage; Huron Including Wyandot Indians; Iroquois; Seneca; Miami; Illinois; |
| Key Persons & Places | Matagorda Bay; Mississippi River; Illinois River; Wisconsin River; Ohio River; Quebec; Nikana; Nika; La Salle; Father Douay; Jean Cavelier; Henri Joutel; Hans; |
| Encounters | contact / meeting; discovery; arrival / landing; |
| Social Relations | Indian-white relations; white attitudes; crime; Indian attitudes; women’s roles; men’s roles; |
| Life Stages | death; courtship & marriage; childhood; aging; |
| Daily Life | health & illness; housing & furnishings; food & water; |
| Art | visual arts; |
| Religion & Beliefs | Catholic; missionaries; Indian beliefs; Indian practices; legends; |
| Politics | colonization; intertribal relations; slavery; warfare & battles; |
| Economics | trade & barter; firearms trade; hunting; fishing; |
| Science & Technology | geography; |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-124b |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
Description
| Document Number | AJ-124b |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124b/ |
| Document Title | A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America |
| Author | Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent. |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Page | document cover page |
| Document Source | Hennepin, Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, by Father Louis Hennepin. Reprinted from the Second London Issue of 1698, with Facsimiles of Original Title-Pages, Maps, and Illustrations, and the Addition of Introduction, Notes, and Index by Reuben Gold Thwaites. In Two Volumes. (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903). Volume 2. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124b/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124b/summary/ |
| Genre | memoir; travel narrative; |
| Page Type | document cover page; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Southwest & California; Great Lakes & Mississippi Valley; West Indies, Gulf & Caribbean; Canada; |
| Event Date | 1678-1687 |
| Expedition / Settlement | La Salle Expeditions, 1678-1687 |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-124b-0000 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
| Full Text |
AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America Volume 2 by Louis Hennepin DOCUMENT No. AJ-124B WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I © Wisconsin Historical Society 2003 |