Transcriber's notes:
Page numbering in the original publication skips pages 95-96, 147-148 and 221-222, although the text is continuous.
p17: Extraneous opening quote removed from before But. 'the highest point. But,"'
p24: someone changed to some one for consistency. 'the coming of some one.'
p54: rifle-shot changed to rifle shot to match other incidences.
p61 & p217: anyone changed to any one for consistency.
p91: , changed to . 'any time since starting.'
p98 & p120: Sh! changed to 'Sh! for consistency (three occurrences).
p112: red-men changed to red men to match other incidences.
p112: up-stream changed to up stream for consistency.
p113: down-stream changed to down stream for consistency. (two occurrences).
p128: ! added to chapter title to match table of contents.
p145: hyphen removed from 'south-east' to make spelling consistent.
p145: hyphen removed from 'south-eastern' to make spelling consistent.
p176: hyphen added to 'Lena-Wingo' to make it consistent.
p184: starting-point changed to starting point to make it consistent.
p196: missing opening quote added. '"But it won't do to'
p215: red men changed to redmen for consistency.
p227: goodly sized changed to goodly-sized for consistency.
p247: '.' added after box.
p250: Extraneous opening quote removed from before The. 'The
"Old Cotton Gin"'