Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant
form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Mid-paragraph illustrations have been moved between paragraphs
and some illustrations have been moved closer to the text that
references them. The List of Illustrations pagination was
changed accordingly.
Footnotes were moved to the end of chapters.
Errors uncorrected:
p. xi: "... inspired poem on next page,...." (on [the] next page.)
p. 70: "... and lived together ever after his marriage...."
([for]ever.)
p. 86: "Mount Regnier, Christians have dubbed it...." (Mount
[Rainier],)
p.168: Quiemuth and 177: Queimuth.
p. 202: "... the origin of this name with be a mystery." ([will]
be a mystery)
p. 299: "The wagon weighed 1,430 pounds, is a wooden axle...."
([has] a wooden axle)