Excerpt from Radisson the Voyageur a Verse Drama in Four Acts

For over two hundred years the two white men who first pierced the wilderness beyond Lake Superior were overlooked by historians, - their names forgotten, their exploit unknown. Manuscript records of unquestionable authenticity now give the honor to Pierre Esprit Radisson and his brother-in-law, the Sieur des Groseilliers. They were trappers and traders, not scientific explorers, and they were apparently quite careless of fame. Such discoveries as were incidental to their avocation were all in the day's work. But their adventures were many and dramatic, and Radisson's journal shows that he, at least, was keenly sensitive to the romantic aspects of their work and to the wonder element of the wilderness.

There is no historical record of any love adventure, such as is included in the play, but - Radisson was twenty, and a Frenchman. The other incidents in the drama follow his story closely, and many of the speeches are merely paraphrased from his journal.

The play as presented is arranged for reading, but the notes at the back make it available for amateur out-of-door performance, or for use as the basis of an Indian Pageant.

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