Transcriber’s Note
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unpaired quotation marks retained.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.
List of Illustrations: “Indian Burying-Place Near Exploits” was not found in the source materials of the original book. The actual cover, which was not included in those source materials, uses the illustration facing page 30.
Page [6]: The quotation attributed to John Guy contains many words spelled differently than how they are spelled today. These and other possibly archaic or dialect spellings have not been changed.
Page 57: The caption SEALS ON “PACK-ICE” was omitted in the original book but added by Transcriber by copying it from the List of Illustrations.