Howard, Ellen.

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.

10 up.



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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.

JUV PZ 7.H83274 / Cri 2009