Kuzey Amerika Kızılderilileri Arasındaki Seyahatleri ve Deneyimleri Hakkında Bir Hesap: Peter Esprit Radisson'un Seyahatleri 1652-1684 - Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson
Being an Account of His Travels and Experiences Among the North American Indians, from 1652 to 1684

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The Publications of the Prince Society
Established May 25th, 1858.

RADISSON'S VOYAGES.

VOYAGESOFPETER ESPRIT RADISSON,

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS AND EXPERIENCES AMONGTHE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, FROM1652 TO 1684.

TRANSCRIBED FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARYAND THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

WITH HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONSAND ANINTRODUCTION,

BY GIDEON D. SCULL,

LONDON, ENGLAND.

PREFACE.

It may be regarded as a fortunate circumstance that we are able to add tothe Society's publications this volume of RADISSON'S VOYAGES. Thenarratives contained in it are the record of events and transactions inwhich the author was a principal actor. They were apparently writtenwithout any intention of publication, and are plainly authentic andtrustworthy. They have remained in manuscript more than two hundred years,and in the mean time appear to have escaped the notice of scholars, as noteven extracts from them have, so far as we are aware, found their way intoprint. The author was a native of France, and had an imperfect knowledge ofthe English language. The journals, with the exception of the last in thevolume, are, however, written in that language, and, as might beanticipated, in orthography, in the use of words, and in the structure ofsentences, conform to no known standard of English composition. But themeaning is in all cases clearly conveyed, and, in justice both to theauthor and the reader, they have been printed verbatim et literatim, asin the original manuscripts. We desire to place upon record our highappreciation of the courtesy extended to the Editor of this volume by thegovernors of the Bodleian Library and of the British Museum, in allowinghim to copy the original manuscripts in their possession. Our thankslikewise are here tendered to Mr. Edward Denham for the gratuitouscontribution of the excellent index which accompanies the volume.

EDMUND F. SLAFTER,
President of the Prince Society.
BOSTON, 249 BERKELEY STREET,
November 20, 1885.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

FIRST VOYAGE OF PETER ESPRIT RADISSON

SECOND VOYAGE, MADE IN THE UPPER COUNTRY OF THE IROQUOITS

THIRD VOYAGE, MADE TO THE GREAT LAKE OF THE HURONS, UPPER SEA OF THE EAST, AND BAY OF THE NORTH

FOURTH VOYAGE OF PETER ESPRIT RADISSON

RELATION OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH PARTS OF AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1682 AND 1683

RELATION OF THE VOYAGE ANNO 1684

OFFICERS OF THE PRINCE SOCIETY

THE PRINCE SOCIETY

PUBLICATIONS OF THE PRINCE SOCIETY

VOLUMES IN PREPARATION BY THE PRINCE SOCIETY

INDEX

INTRODUCTION.

The author of the narratives contained in this volume was Peter EspritRadisson, who emigrated from France to Canada, as he himself tells us, onthe 24th day of May, 1651. He was born at St. Malo, and in 1656, at ThreeRivers, in Canada, m

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