The period of French rule in Canada was now rapidly drawing to a close. Instead of adding to the territories of France in North America, her sons were preparing to make their last stand in defence of what they already possessed. Half a dozen years later their dream of western exploration, and of a great North American empire reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, came to an end on the Plains of Abraham. It was left for those of another race who came after them to turn the dream of their rivals into tangible achievements. It must never be forgotten, however, that, although Pierre de La Vérendrye failed to complete the great object of his ambition, we owe to him and his gallant sons the discovery of a large part of what is to-day Western Canada. {113} BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE An English translation of _The Journals of La Vérendrye_ edited by Lawrence J. Burpee, with the French text, will be found among the publications of the Champlain Society. The reader should consult also Parkman, _A Half Century of Conflict_, chapter xvi.; Burpee, _The Search for the Western Sea_; Shortt and Doughty (editors), _Canada and Its Provinces_, vol. i., 'The Pathfinders of the Great West.' {115} INDEX Abnakis, 4. Assiniboines, 49, 50-63, 90, 109. Aulneau, Father, 37-40. Beauharnois, Marquis de, 16, 31, 33 Bow Indians, 78-87. Caughnawagas, 4. Chippewas, 39, 41, 43, 46. Coureurs de bois, 10-12. Cree Indians, 39, 46, 47, 49, 93. Fort Bourbon, 92. Fort Dauphin, 92. Fort La Jonquière, 108. Fort La Reine, 49, 68, 91, 107. Fort Maurepas, 31, 47, 107. Fort Michilimackinac, 19, 29. Fort Paskoyac, 93, 108. Fort Rouge, 49. Fort St Charles, 30, 37, 47, 107. Fort St Pierre, 30. Good-looking Indians, 76, 77. Horse Indians, 78. Kaministikwia river, 15, 31, 37. La Galissonière, Marquis de, 95, 96, 99, 100. La Jemeraye, 19, 28, 29, 30; dies, 37. La Jonquière, Marquis de, 100, 101. La Vérendrye, François, 19, 65, 67, 74, 81; reaches Rocky Mountains, 84; 87, 92, 96, 97-106. La Vérendrye, Jean-Baptiste, 19, 30, 36, 37; is killed by the Sioux, 40. La Vérendrye, Louis, 36, 47. La Vérendrye, Pierre, son of the elder Pierre, 19, 47, 74, 87.