Transcriber's Notes

All changes were typographical in nature. Punctuation errors were silently fixed. Inconsistent or older spellings of words were not changed. Differences between chapter titles in the Table of Contents and at the beginning of a chapter were left as printed. The other spelling changes were:

p. 21athough was replaced with although
p. 26hurridly was replaced with hurriedly
p. 42persecucutions was replaced with persecutions
p. 66eat was replaced with ate
p. 193nevet was replaced with never
p. 194strategem was replaced with stratagem
p. 209scarely was replaced with scarcely
p. 244Misouri was replaced with Missouri
p. 288circumtances replaced with circumstances
p. 332endeaver replaced with endeavor
p. 343do not not replaced with do not
p. 376vogage replaced with voyage
p. 368"to" inserted after "had happened"
p. 370occuence replaced with occurrence
p. 372vogage replaced with voyage.