Tonty Of The Iron Hand

Author : Henry E. Legler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332154623
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book The Man With the Iron Hand written by Henry E. Legler and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Man With the Iron Hand: Chevalier Henry De Tonty's Exploits in the Valley of the Mississippi In the geographical nomenclature of the North American continent are perpetuated the names of the adventurous men whose achievements have made the story of the great lakes region the most romantic period of American history. Cities, rivers and islands suggest by their names the adventures of hardy coureur de bois and zealous Jesuit and Sulpitian priests. The names of La Salle, DuLuth, Joliet, Perrot, d'Iberville, Bienville, Marquette and Allouez have been thus associated with the scenes of their adventures. Even Louis Hennepin, the vainglorious Franciscan friar, has had honor done his name by two great commonwealths of the old Northwest. But nowhere on the modern map - from the Gulf of Mexico to Baffin's Bay and from the Vermilion Sea to the Bay of Fundy, appears the name of Chevalier Henry de Tonty. Historians have accorded Tonty a meagerness of mention amounting to neglect. With singular unanimity - for, like the doctors, historians are wont to disagree in their judgments - they have recognized his right to a leading place among the men whose courage and fortitude rendered possible the exploration and settlement of the great Mississippi basin; but a connected narrative of Tonty's life remains to-day unwritten. It can be found only in scattered fragments, incidents that figure in the telling of other men's careers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.