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Cillistine, Colabe - (ca. 1780-ca. 1865) - subchief or second chief of the Alabama
     Indian tribe –
     http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fcocw.html

Clark, William  - (USA, 1770-1838) - 1804-6: With Meriwether Lewis, travels up the 
     Missouri, crosses the Rocky Mountains and descends the Snake and Columbia 
     to the Pacific. On the return voyage explores the Jefferson and Yellowstone Rivers. 
     For links, see Meriwether Lewis

Coacoochee (ca. 1810-1857) - (Wild Cat), Seminole war chief –
     http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fcoaz.html

Cochise –  
      Cochise - http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/6.html  
    Cochise - http://www.indians.org/welker/cochise.htm - short article and picture
          of his son
     Cochise - http://members.aol.com/circofire/cochise.html - from the FAF site
     Cochise - Chiricahua - Apache Chief - 
          http://www.neosoft.com/powersource/gallery/people/#ccap 
     Cochise - picture and info - http://www.gbso.net/Skyhawk/cochise.htm
     Cochise & Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches - from the DesertUSA site –
          http://www.desertusa.com/magfeb98/feb_pap/du_apache.html
     Cochise.... meaning.....Hardwood -
          http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/8494/cochise.html -
          quotes and brief bio
     Cochise - Chiricahua Apache Indians –  
          http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/
cochise/cochise.html
     Cochise – The Bascom Affair, or Cut Through the Tent - from the Cochise 
          County History Magazine –
          http://www.westernhistory.com/cochise.html
     Cochise - about him and where he lived - http://www.cochisestronghold.com/

Cody, Iron Eyes – Espera de Corti
     Iron Eyes Cody - a long, detailed list of his movies and television rolls – 
          http://us.imdb.org/M/person-exact?+Cody,+Iron+Eyes
     Iron Eyes Cody's Movies - list of his movies - 
          http://mudpuppy.simplenet.com/c/codyiron-eyes.htm
     Iron Eyes Cody - his bio from his book - 
          http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9401/0295.html

Cody, William F.- LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS: THE LIFE STORY OF COL. 
     WILLIAM F. CODY "BUFFALO BILL" - a copy of a book written by his sister –
     http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cody/index.html

Cohen, Felix (      -19    )- noted American Indian legal authority and author
     of the Handbook of Federal Indian Law - http://thorpe.ou.edu/cohen.html

COLITA (?-1852) - http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/
CC/fcoct.html - Kalita, Coleto, or Colluta, Coushatta Indian leader

Colorados, Cabellos (Red Hair) - a Lipan Apache chief, info from HTO –
     http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fca4.html

Colter, John - (USA, 1775?-1813) 1804-6: Joins the Lewis & Clark expedition. 
     1806-7: Guides fur trappers Joseph Dickson and Forrest Hancock to the 
     Yellowstone River area. 1807: Aids Manuel Lisa in setting up a fur trading post, 
     Fort Raymond, at the confluence of Bighorn and Yellowstone. 1807-8: Makes 
     a solo voyage through Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, exploring the area and 
     trying to convince the Indians to bring furs to Fort Raymond.
     The Life and Times of John Colter - http://www.edjohnston.com/edsci/colter1.htm
     John Colter - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Mtmen/johncol.html

Conanacus - chief sachem of the Narragansetts - 
      http://members.aol.com/calebj/conanacus.html

Corbitant - a petty-sachem under chief Massasoit of the Wampanoags –
      http://members.aol.com/calebj/corbitant.html

Corn Planter - a picture - http://www.indians.org/welker/cornplnt.htm -from the 
      FAF site - http://members.aol.com/circofire/cornplan.html

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de -
      http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/coronado.html - (Spain, 1510?-1554)
      1540-2: Travels northward from Mexico to Cibola, believed to be a rich city in 
      what is now New Mexico. Arriving there, he finds it is only a poor pueblo. 
      Encamps his men in villages on the Rio Grande. He hears of riches in Quivira 
      (in present-day Arkansas) and marches there, but again finds only poor
       Indian encampments. 
      An account of the expedition to Cibola which took place in the year 1540 (...) - 
           original report of the journey - 
           http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs610/corona1.htm
      Coronado - from LTE - http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Projects/coranad2.html
      Francisco Vásquez de Coronado - on him and his expedition –
           http://www3.pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4corona.htm
      Francisco Vásquez de Coronado - general overview –
           http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/coronado.html

Cortes, Hernán  (also known as Hernando Cortez, Spain, 1484-1547) 1518-21: 
      Travels to Mexico, founds Veracruz and conquers the Aztec empire. 1522: 
      Named governor of New Spain (Mexico) 1524: Crosses the Yucatán Peninsula 
      to Honduras to arrest Cristóbal de Olid who had been sent out to conquer the 
      area, but was rebelling against Cortés, but when he arrives Olid has already died. 
      1532: Sends out an expedition from the Pacific coast of Mexico which discovers 
      the Tres Marías islands. 1535-6: Discovers Baja California and makes a failed 
      attempt to establish a colony. 1539: Sends out Ulloa to explore the Pacific coast 
      of Mexico northward.
      Affirmative Action and Hernan Cortes - 
           http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtcortes.html
      An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico - 
           http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html
     Burried Mirror - Conflict of the Gods - 
           http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html
      Cortés, Hernán - brief article - http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/03174.html
      End of an Empire - http://www.tcr.org/mexico.html
      Texas Explorers – Cortez - http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Projects/cortez.html
      The Conquest of Mexico - http://www.thedagger.com/archive/conquest/conquest1.html
      The Conquest of the Aztec Empire - 
            http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/aztec.html
      The Genealogy of Mexico - http://members.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index1.htm

Crazy Horse – (Tasunka Witko, or Tashunca-uitco) -
     Crazy Horse - brief article – 
          http://www.encarta.msn.com/introedition/default.asp?vs=x97&la=
na&ty=1&vo=1c&ti=03681000
     Crazy Horse Archives: 1930 Interviews concerning Tasunka Witko –
          http://www.wintercount.org/archives/crazyhorse/
     Crazy Horse (Tashunca-uitco) - from PBS' The West site –
          http://www3.pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4crazy.htm
     Crazy Horse (Tashunkewitko) - detailed article - 
          http://www.indians.org/welker/crazyhor.htm
     Crazy Horse - from the Crazy Horse Memorial site - http://www.crazyhorse.org/
     Crazy Horse - overview of his life -
           http://emayzine.com/lectures/CRAZYHOR.html
     Crazy Horse - from the FAF site -
           http://members.aol.com/circofire/crazyhorse.html
     In Memory of Chief Crazy Horse -
           http://www.best.com/~maier1/native/indian.htm - lots of info
     The Crazy Horse Page - several links - 
           http://members.tripod.com/~dcummings/index.html

Curtis, Edward S. - http://www.curtis-collection.com/curtis.html
     Notes from "THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN" by ES Curtis – Vol. -3 
     Biographical Sketches –
          http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/bsketches3.html

Custis, Peter - (USA, 1781-1842) - 
      http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/CC/fcu47.html
      1806: Naturalist of the Red River Expedition, which travelled up the Red River 
      but was stopped by the Spanish.
      Red River expedition - 
      http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/RR/upr2.html

De Vitoria, Francisco (1492-1546) - noted Spanish legal authority,
      http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/vitoria.html
      http://www3.usal.es/principal/ingles/historia/Francisco_Vitoria.htm
Leif Erikson (also known as Leifr or Leifur, last name also Ericsson, 
Ericson, Eiriksson, Norway, 980?-020?) 1001-2?: Explores the coast of America 
     and winters in Vinland.
     Leif Erikson - http://www.mnc.net/norway/LeifErikson.htm
     Leif Ericson, Columbus' Predecessor by Nearly 500 Years -
          http://www.mnc.net/norway/ericson.htm
     Leif Ericsson, Discoverer of America - http://www.iceland.org//leifur.html

Estevanico (also known as Esteban, Morocco (slave in Spain), 1503?-1539) 
     1535-7: Survivor of the Narvaez expedition. With Cabeza de Vaca, Dorante 
     (his master) and Maldonado travels from Texas to Mexico on foot. 1539: 
     With Marcos de Nizza sent to New Mexico to find information about the 
     'seven cities of Cibola'. Killed by Zuni Indians.
     Turn back time - http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/turnback.htm
     History of Estevanico - http://www.estevanico.org/history.html 
     Estevanico (?-1539) - 
     http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/EE/fes8.html
     Esteban - http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Projects/esteban.html
     The Estevanico Society - http://www.estevanico.org/index.html

Frobisher, Martin - (England, 1540-1594) - 1576: Discovers Frobisher Bay, 
     believing it to be a strait. 1577: Returns to Frobisher Bay, takes rocks with 
     him which are believed to contain gold. 1578: Leads a mining expedition to 
     Frobisher Bay. Discovers Strait Hudson. Upon return the ore appears to be
     worthless.
     All Is Not Gold That Glistereth - http://www.mercatormag.com/301_glitter.html
     Inuit and Englishmen: The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher - 
          (French language version) –
          http://www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frint01e.html
     Sir Martin Frobisher - http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/frobiser.html

Hoo-Moo-Thy-Ah - Autobiography of a Yavapai leader - 
      http://www.geocities.com/~zybt/boy.htm

Hudson, Henry - (England, ?-1611) - http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/ - 
     1607: Follows the coast of Greenland to 80deg; North before being stopped 
     by the ie. Also visits Spitsbergen. Discovers Jan Mayen. 1608: Looking for 
     the Northeast Passage, reaches Nova Zembla. 1609: Sent out by the Dutch 
     East India Company to find the Northeast Passage, but looks for a Northwest
     Passage north of Virginia instead. Explores Chesapeake Bay, discovers the
     Hudson River, and sails up the Hudson to present-day Albany. 1610-1: Sails
     through Hudson Strait and discovers Hudson Bay. Reaches James Bay (the
     southern end of Hudson Bay), but is set adrift in a small boat by mutineers.
     Henry Hudson - http://www.mariner.org/age/hudson.html
     Henry Hudson: an Englishman in Dutch service - 
          http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/newnetherlands/nl1.htm
     Half Moon History - http://www.newnetherland.org/history.htm
     The Ghost of Henry Hudson - http://www.mercatormag.com/403_hudson.html

d'Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne Sieur - (France/Canada, 1661-1706) - 1686: 
     Leads a military expedition against the British Hudson Bay fort of Moose 
     Bay. 1697: Leader of a major military campaign to the Hudson Bay. 1698-9: 
     Sails to the mouth of the Mississippi and builds a fort at Biloxi. 1700: Sails up 
     the Mississippi to strengthen the French presence in the region. 1701: Builds 
     a fort on Mobile Bay.
     Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: The El Cid of Canada –
          http://www.vmnf.civilization.ca/explor/iber_e1.html
     Pierre LeMoyne Sieur d'Iberville and the Establishment of Biloxi –
          http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/biloxi1.html
     Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville -
          http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07614b.htm

Lane, General Joseph - First Governor of Oregon Territory - http://www.1st-hand-history.com/JLane/JLindex.htm

La Salle, René Robert Cavelier Sieur de - (France, 1643-1687) - 1669-71: 
     Travels to the Ohio, possibly exploring it partway downstream. 1678: Builds a 
     ship, Le Griffon on the Niagra. This is the first ship to sail the Great Lakes. 
     1679: Builds Fort Miami on the south coast of Lake Michigan. 1679-80: 
     Travels to the Illinois River and builds Fort Crèvecoeur there. 1680: Travels back 
     to Montreal to raise money for the continuation of his expedition. Returns to 
     Fort Crèvecoeur, but finds it abandoned. In vain searches for the men he had 
     left behind there. 1681-2: Descends the Mississippi to its mouth. 1684-7: Lands 
     in Texas, looking for the mouth of the Mississippi. Is killed by his own men.
     Cavelier de La Salle - Intrepid Explorer - 
          http://www.vmnf.civilization.ca/explor/lasal_e1.html
     La Salle, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de –
          http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/LL/fla4.html
     Robert Cavelier, Sieur (Lord) de La Salle - http://www.thc.state.tx.us/belle/LaS.html
     Letters on the Texas Explorers - La Salle - 
          http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Projects/lasalle.html
     René-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle - 
          http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09009b.htm
     Hennepin's Story of La Salle in Indiana - 
          http://www.millersv.edu/~columbus/data/art/DOLLE-01.ART
     A La Salle Chronology - http://www.thc.state.tx.us/belle/chron.html
     La Salle expedition - (last voyage) –
          http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/LL/upl1.html
          the La Salle Shipwreck Project - http://www.thc.state.tx.us/belle/  - 
          archaeology on La Salle's ship of his last voyage

Las Casas, Bartolomé de - (Spain, 1484-1566) Priest, championing the case
     of the Indians from 1514 onwards. 1542: Writes the Brevissima relación, a 
     short but influential description of the autrocities committed by the Spanish 
     in America. 1550: Debates with Juan Gin&eeacute;s de Sepúlveda in
     Valladodid on behalf of the Indians.
     Bartolome de las Casas Homepage - http://www.lascasas.org/
     Bartolome de Las Casas: Father of Liberation Theology –
          http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtbartolome.html
     The Tale of Bartolome de las Casas - 
          http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/025.html
     Bartolome de las Casas, Missionary, Priest, Defender of the Oppressed –
          http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/07/17.html
     Bartolome de las Casas Defends the Rights of Native Peoples –
          http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Americas/DelasCasas.html
     Bartolome de las Casas (1484-1566) - 
          http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/las_casas.html
     Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Tradition of Medieval Law –
          http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/His381/LasCasas2.html

Lewis, Meriwether - (USA, 1774-1809) - 
     http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95aug/lewis.html -
     1804-6: With Clark, travels up the Missouri River, crosses the Rocky 
     Mountains, and reaches the Pacific along the Clearwater, Snake and 
     Columbia Rivers. On the return route explores the Marias River.
     The History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition - 
          http://www.lewisandclark.org/pages/story0.htm
     Lewis & Clark Internet Archive - (links) - http://www.lcarchive.org/ 
     Lewis and Clark - http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html
     First across the continent; the story of The exploring expedition of Lewis 
          and Clark in 1803-4 - (1902 book on Lewis and Clark) - 
          http://promo.net/cgi-promo/pg/t9.cgi?entry=1236

Lisa, Manuel - (Spain/Louisiana, 1772-1820) - 1807: Travels up the Missouri 
     with a group of traders and builds various trading forts. Remains an important 
     trader in the region until his death.
     History and Stories of Nebraska: Manuel Lisa –
          http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/hvn/books/nbstory/story10.html
     Manuel Lisa (1772-1820) - http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/notables/lisa.html

Locke, John - (1632-1704): British political philosophy, author of the social
           contract theory of government.
           http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/locke.htm

Mackenzie, Alexander - (Scotland, 1764?-1820) - 1789: Follows the Mackenzie 
     River to its mouth. 1793: Travels up the Peace River, crosses the Rocky
     Mountains, reaches the Fraser and reaches the Pacific by way of the Bella 
     Coola River.
     Sir Alexander Mackenzie – http://www.calverley.dawson-creek.bc.ca/
Part%2002%20-%20Fur%20Trade/2-007.html
     Alexander Mackenzie - To the Pacific – ttp://www.calverley.dawson-creek.
bc.ca/Part%2002%20-%20Fur%20Trade/2-008.html

Marcy, Randolph Barnes - http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/MM/fma43.html -
     (USA, 1812-1887) - 1849: Blazes a trail from Fort Smith, Texas to Santa 
     Fe. 1851: Participant in an expedition to select sites for forts on the Texas
     frontier. 1852: Explores large amounts of unknown      territory in Texas 
     and Oklahoma. Discovers the sources of the Red River. 1854: Surveys 
     Indian reservations in Texas. 1856: Explores the headwaters of the Big 
     Wichita and Brazos rivers.

Massasoit - http://pilgrims.net/native_americans/massasoit.html

McIntosh, Chief William - http://www.westga.edu/~cscott/mcintosh.html

Mitchell, Henry - A Visit with Henry Mitchell - Penobscot Canoe Maker –
     http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpa/13151128.html

Narváez , Pánfilo de - (Spain, ca.1470-1528) - 1511-8: Participates in the
     conquest of Cuba. 1520: Sent out by Velásquez to call back Cortés, but 
     in a fight is beaten by the latter. 1527-8: Tries to colonize Florida.
     Explores the area looking for gold. Builds boats to try to get back to 
     Mexico, but those shipwreck near the mouth of the Mississippi. Only a 
     few members of the expedition (most famously Cabeza de Vaca) survive.
     Calderon's Company: Pánfilo de Narváez - 
          http://members.home.net/calderon/caldbio.htm#narvaez
     Pensacola Archeology Lab: The Narvaez / Vaca Expedition –
          http://www.archeologyinc.org/narvaezvaca.html

Ogden, Peter Skene - (Canada, 1794-1854) - 1824-5: Explores the Bear and 
     Snake Rivers, and reaches the Great Salt Lake. 1825-7: Traps for furs in 
     the region south of the Columbia. 1828-9: Discovers the Humboldt River 
     and follows its course. 1829-30: Travels south from the Columbia via the
     Humboldt and the Great Basin to the Colorado, following that river to the 
     sea. On his route back north explores the San Joaquin Valley. First white 
     man to cross the American West in the north-south direction.
     Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Ogden, Peter Skene –
          http://royal.okanagan.bc.ca/resource/histdocs/hbc/ogdenbio.html
     Utah History Encyclopedia: Peter Skene Ogden - 
          http://utahhistorytogo.org/pogden.html
     Mountain Men and Fur Trade Homepage: Peter Skene Ogden's Snake 
          Country Journals –
          http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/ogden.html
     Chris Bristol: Getting explorer on the map –
          http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2000/june/062300n1.htm

Onate, Juan de - (Spain, 1549?-1624) - 1597-8: Starts the colonization of 
     New Mexico. Establishes his capital San Juan de los Caballeros. 1601: 
     Travels to Kansas, looking for Quivira. 1605: Reaches the mouth of the
     Colorado River from New Mexico. 1609: Recalled to Spain and put on trial 
     for misconduct.
     Handbook of Texas Online: Oñate, Juan de -
          http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/OO/fon2.html
     Handbook of Texas Online: Oñate Expedition -
          http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/OO/upo2.html
     Albuquerque Journal: Juan de Oñate - 
          http://www.cantos.org/consult/Onate.html
     Public History: Cuortocentennial of Colonization of New Mexico -
          http://web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/cuarto~1.html
     Juan de los Caballeros: Captain Farfan and his forgotten trail -
          http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/Tattershall-tb/farfan.htm

Perrot, Nicolas - (France, 1644?-1717) - 1660-1701: Makes a number of 
     voyages to the area which is now Wisconsin. Ensures good 
     relationships between the French and the Indians of the region.
     Virtual Museum of New-France: Nicolas Perrot. The Undervalued Diplomat -
          http://www.vmnf.civilization.ca/explor/perr_e1.html
     Jamie Kneisler: Nicolas Perrot: Early Wisconsinite -
          http://www.uwgb.edu/wisfrench/study/research/perrot.htm

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery - (USA, 1779-1813) - 1805-6: Explores the 
     upper Mississippi. Discovers Cass Lake, which he mistakenly believes 
     to be the river's source. 1806-7: Travels up the Arkansas to the Rockies. 
     Travels to the headwaters of the Rio Grande, claiming to have mistaken 
     them for those of the Red River. Is captured by the Spanish and taken 
     to Chihuahua before being allowed to return to Natchitoches.
     David L. Wood: Zebulon Montgomery Pike - 
          http://dlwgraphics.com/mnpike2.htm
     Handbook of Texas Online: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery -
          http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/PP/fpi19.html
     Zebulon Montgomery Pike: An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of 
          the Mississippi and Through the Western Parts of Louisiana...
          http://artsci.wustl.edu/~landc/html/pike.html  
     Wallace L. McKeehan: Lt. Zebulon Pike's Diary: New Mexico, Chihuahua 
          & Texas -
          http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/pikejour.htm

Ponce de Leon, Juan - http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/ponce.html -
     (Spain, 1460?-1521) - 1508: Explores and colonizes Puerto Rico. 1513:
     Discovers Florida and follows a large part of the coastline. 1521: Fails in 
     an attempt to establish a colony on the west coast of Florida.

Portola, Gaspar de - (Spain) - 1769: Leads the first Spanish colonizing 
     expedition to California. 1769-70: Explores the coast of California by 
     land. Discovers San Francisco Bay.
     San Diego Historical Society: Gaspar de Portola -
          http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/portola/portola.htm
     Gary S. Breschini: The Portolá Expedition of 1769 - 
          http://users.dedot.com/mchs/portola1769.html
     University of Alabama: Don Gaspare de Portola - The Discovery of the 
          San Francisco peninsula -
          http://www.bama.ua.edu/~prest003/sfo.htm
     Gary S. Breschini: The Founding of Monterey - 
          http://users.dedot.com/mchs/colonization.html
     Gary S. Breschini: Monterey's First Years: The Royal Presidio of San 
          Carlos de Monterey -
          http://users.dedot.com/mchs/presidio.html

Powell, John Wesley - (USA, 1834-1902) - 1867-73: Leads four scientific
     expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado River. 1869: 
     Descends the Colorado River by boat.
     John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum: Major John Wesley Powell -
          http://www.powellmuseum.org/MajorPowell.html
     John Wesley Powell River History Museum: John Wesley Powell - The Man -
          http://www.surweb.org/surweb/tour/jwp/jwpowell.htm
     Desert USA: John Wesley Powell - 
          http://desertusa.com/magnov97/nov_pap/du_jwpowell.html
     Shelly James: Major John Wesley Powell - 
          http://www.canyon-country.com/lakepowell/jwpowell.htm
     Susannah Abbey: Explorer Hero: John Wesley Powell -
          http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=JW_Powell
     Bob Ribokas: The Powell Expedition - 
          http://www.kaibab.org/powell/powexp.htm
     University of Colorado: The John Wesley Powell Page -
          http://carbon.cudenver.edu/stc-link/powell1/home.htm
     Utah History Encyclopedia: John Wesley Powell - 
          http://utahhistorytogo.org/jwpowell.html
     Songbird: John Wesley Powell - http://www.songbird.com/gc/powell.html
     Alex Philp: John Wesley Powell's watershed commonwealths: Mapping a 
          West that might have been contemporary obituary and grave - 
          http://www.tnews.com/text/powell_story.html,
          http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/jwpowell.htm
     University of North Texas Library: John Wesley Powell (links) -
          http://www.library.unt.edu/gpo/powell/powell.htm
     Chris Jeffereis: John Wesley Powell (links) - 
          http://www.freeranger.com/chris/powell.htm
     Publications - several primary sources - 
          http://www.library.unt.edu/gpo/powell/publications.htm

Radisson, Pierre Esprit - (France, 1636-1710) - 1651: Captured by Iroquois.
     Escapes and lives as an interpreter in Fort Orange (present-day Albany) 
     for some time. 1659-60: With Grosseilliers, makes a fur trading voyage to
     the north of Lake Superior, and hears that the area between Lake Superior 
     and Hudson Bay was rich in beaver. Possibly reaches the upper 
     Mississippi. 1661-3: With Grosseilliers, makes another fur trading 
     expedition to the Lake Superior region and reaches James Bay. 1666: 
     Having been fined for unlicensed fur trading, switches loyalty to England. 
     1668: Sets out on an English fur trading expedition to Hudson Bay, but is
     forced back by a storm near Ireland. 1674: Switches loyalty back to
     France, and later back to England.
     The Virtual Museum of New-France: Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The Stateless
     Adventurer -
          http://www.vmnf.civilization.ca/explor/radi_e1.html
     Historic HBC: Pierre-Esprit Radisson adn Médard Chouart, Sieur des
          Grosseilliers -
          http://www.hbc.com/hbc/e_hi/historic_hbc/radisson.htm
     The Hudson's Bay Company - 
          http://www.hbc.com/hbc/e_hi/historic_hbc/HistoricHBC.htm

Raleigh, Sir Walter - (also known as Walter Ralegh, England, 1552?-
     1618) - 1584: Sends out Amadas and Barlowe to explore the coast 
     of North America for a suitable place for a colony. 1585: Sends out a
     colonizing expedition to Roanoke Island, North Carolina. 1587: Sends 
     out a second colonizing expedition to Roanoke. 1595: Explores the 
     Orinoco to look for El Dorado. 1616: Explores the Orinoco searching 
     for El Dorado a second time.
     Jim Batten: Sir Walter Raleigh, of Hayes Barton, Woodbury Common -
          http://www.btinternet.com/~richard.towers/jim/raleigh.html
     John D. Neville: Sir Walter Raleigh - http://www.nps.gov/fora/sirwalter.htm
     Lebame Houston and Wynne Dough: Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe -
          http://www.nps.gov/fora/amadas.htm
     Raleigh National Historic Site: Roanoke Revisited - 
          http://www.nps.gov/fora/roanokerev.htm
     North Carolina Historical Sites: First English Settlement in the New World -
          http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/english1.htm
     John D. Neville: The First English Colony - http://www.nps.gov/fora/first.htm
     John D. Neville, Lebame Houston and Wynne Dough: John White - 
          http://www.nps.gov/fora/first.htm
     John D. Neville: The John White Colony - http://www.nps.gov/fora/first.htm
     Ralph Lane: The Colony At Roanoke - 
          http://www.nationalcenter.org/ColonyofRoanoke.html
     Thomas Hariot: A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia - 
     (eyewitness account of the first Virginia colony) -
          http://www.people.virginia.edu/~msk5d/hariot/main.html
     Melanie Nixon: The Lost Colony at Roanoke -
          http://marauder.millersv.edu/~columbus/papers/nixon-02.html
     John D. Neville: Search for the lost colony - http://www.nps.gov/fora/search.htm
     Eric Hause: Roanoke Island: The Lost Colony - 
          http://www.coastalguide.com/packet/lostcolony01.htm
     The Great Unknown: Sir Walter Raleigh - 
          http://explorers.manos.itgo.com/walter.htm

Roberval, Jean-François de la Rocque, Sieur de - (France, 1500-1560) -
     http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~louislarocque/roberven.htm  
     1542-3: Tries to colonize Canada. Builds a fortress near present-day 
     Quebec and searches for the mythical country of Saguenay.
     Jacques Cartier - http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cartier.html

Rousseau, Jean Jacques (1712-1778) - French political philosopher,
     http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/rousseau.htm

Sacagawea (also known as Sakajawea, Soshone, 1787?-1812) - 
     1805-6: Assists Lewis and Clark on their expedition as an interpreter 
     and general aid.
     PBS Online: Sacagawea -
          http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/saca.html
     Jim Garamone: Sacagawea: Saga of an American Indian Woman –
          http://www.livinghistoryonline.com/sacagawe.htm
     Irving W. Anderson: The Sacagawea Mystique: Her Age, Name, Role
          and Final Destiny –
          http://www.wshs.org/columbia/0399-a1.htm
     Grace Raymond Hebard: Sacagawea: Shoshone Indian: "Bird Woman"–
          http://www.geocities.com/impurplehawk/sacagawea.html
     Bonnie Butterfield: Sacagawea: Captive, Indian Interpreter, Great American
          Legend: Her Life and Death
          http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Hall/9626/NativeAmericans.html
     The West Film Project: Sacagawea - 
          http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sacagawea.htm
     Irving W. Anderson: Sacajawea?-Sakakawea?-Sacagawea? 
          Spelling-Pronunciation-Meaning -
          http://www.lewisandclark.org/pages/sactext.htm

Samoset - http://pilgrims.net/native_americans/samoset.html

Serra, Junípero - (Spain, 1713-1784) -1769: Joins an expedition over 
     land to California by Portola. Founds the mission post of San Diego 
     de Alcala. 1771-82: Founds several more mission posts in California.
     Museum of the City of San Francisco: Junípero Serra: Founder of California
          http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/jserra.html
     The West Film Project: Junipero Serra -
          http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/serra.htm
     San Diego Historical Society: Father Junipero Serra - 
          http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/serra/serra.htm
     Catholic Encyclopedia: Junípero Serra - 
          http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13730b.htm
     Gary S. Breschini: Father Junípero Serra - 
          http://users.dedot.com/mchs/serra.html
     Tom Kreitzberg: Bl. Junipero Serra, Priest and Missionary –
          http://www.smart.net/~tak/Patrons/junipero.html

Sheridan, General Philip - His complete personal memoirs -
    ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/gutenberg/etext03/3shdn10.txt 

Sitting Bull – Tatanka Yotanka - Sitting Bull - 
     http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/5.html