TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Punctuation, and spacing in abbreviations and initials, were normalized.
Variations in hyphenation were maintained.
The placement of the advertising material was re-ordered to occur after the title page.
Spelling has been maintained, with the exception of the following typographical or printers’ errors:
Page 5: “resistence” was changed to “resistance”.
Page 11: “collossus” was changed to “colossus”.
Page 12: “occurrance” was changed to “occurrence”.
Page 17: “or untanned deer-skin” was changed to “of untanned deer-skin”.
Pages 17, 20: “Bayou Bienvenu” was changed to “Bayou Bienvenue”.