LA SALLE, RENE-ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE

Additional reading Louise P. Kellogg, Early Narratives of the North-West, 16341699 (1917), contains translations of original narratives of La Salle's companions; Francis Parkman, The Discovery of the Great West, 5th ed. (1871, reissued 1956), embodies material from La Salle's own letters and other contemporary documents; John B. Brebner, The Explorers of North America, 14921806 (1964), summarizes impartially various estimates of La Salle's character and achievements.