Pioneer Laymen of North America, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Pioneer Laymen of North America, Vol. 1 These two volumes of sketches are offered as companion books of the Pioneer Priests of North America. They are condensed and somewhat rapid narrations of the lives of a number of men who were conspicuous in the days when civilization was being brought to this continent: explorers, founders of states and colonies, governors of provinces, commandants of forts, captains of vessels, officers of the regular army, leaders of the reckless coureurs de bois, daring traders who, in the interests of commerce, ventured alone among the savages, besides pirates, filibusters and peaceful colonists. They are mostly Frenchmen, or native-born Canadians, but there are a few Spaniards, an occasional Englishman, and to wards the end, a distinguished man who is frequently put down as Scotch, but who constantly insisted on his Irish origin. A great State on the Pacific slope claims him as its founder. The field of their operations was extensive, for it stretched from ocean to ocean and from Hudson Bay as far south as Brazil. Some of them are ideal heroes and may be proposed as models, the glory of others is sadly tarnished, and a few are subjects of reproach. From all, however, lessons of conduct may be learned, and, here and there, in the course of a narrative, it is possible to correct certain false appreciations of facts and motives which a class of biased writers have fastened on American history. The series is arranged chronologically so that the various sections connect more or less with each other. Ample time and abundant, as well as reliable, material were available for the prosecution of the work, and whatever mistakes have been made must be ascribed to the author. 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.