The crimson cap /
Ellen Howard.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Holiday House, c2009.
- xi, 177 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1684, wearing his father's faded cap, eleven-year-old Pierre Talon joins explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier on an ill-fated expedition to seek the Mississippi River, but after the expedition falls apart Pierre, deathly ill, is taken in by Hasinai Indians. Includes historical facts.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 --Juvenile fiction. La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 --Fiction.
Explorers--Juvenile fiction. Hasinai Indians--Juvenile fiction. Indians of North America--Texas--Juvenile fiction. Explorers--Fiction. Hasinai Indians--Fiction. Indians of North America--Texas--Fiction.
Texas--History--To 1846--Juvenile fiction. America--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile fiction. Texas--History--To 1846--Fiction. America--Discovery and exploration--Fiction.