- p. xviii "corret spondence" changed to "correspondence"
- p. xxi "earthern" changed to "earthen"
- p. xxiv "Congress of the United State." changed to "Congress of the United States"
- p. 6 "Petroglypps in Australia" changed to "Petroglyphs in Australia"
- p. 11 "West Virgina" changed to "West Virginia"
- p. 11 "dancers, bearing" changed to "dancers bearing"
- p. 12 "San Marcos pass, California 62-67" changed to "San Marcos pass, California 62"
- p. 12 "Washington, Pednsylvania" changed to "Washington, Pennsylvania"
- p. 18 "Ah-ton-we-tuck" changed to "Ah-tón-we-tuck"
- p. 18 "On-saw-kie" changed to "On-sáw-kie"
- p. 18 "753. Scalped h ead. D akota" changed to "753. Scalped head. Dakota"
- p. 21 "1071. Life and death. Obijwa" changed to "1071. Life and death. Ojibwa"
- p. 27 "anthroplologic" changed to "anthropologic"
- p. 39 "sharpely" changed to "sharply"
- p. 42 "Mr Charles Hallock" changed to "Mr. Charles Hallock"
- p. 55 "Fig. 14," changed to "Fig. 14."
- p. 59 "Pls. VIII to IX" changed to "Pls. VIII to XI"
- Plate VII "OWENS VALLEY CALIFORNIA." changed to "OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA."
- pp. 69-70 "sand stone" changed to "sandstone"
- p. 86 "inscriptian" changed to "inscription"
- p. 90 "t e shape" changed to "the shape"
- p. 95 "in the library of the of the" changed to "in the library of the"
- p. 98 "Nambe" changed to "Nambé"
- p. 101 "Fig 63 is" changed to "Fig. 63 is"
- p. 101 "Fig. 63.—Newark" changed to "Fig. 63.—Newark"
- p. 107 "excellant" changed to "excellent"
- p. 111 "as Fig. 75" changed to "as Fig. 75."
- p. 118 "Colorado river, only only" changed to "Colorado river, only"
- p. 122 "stangely painted" changed to "strangely painted"
- p. 123 "history of a a" changed to "history of a"
- p. 123 "more less distinctly" changed to "more or less distinctly"
- p. 139 "numbers in Oruba" changed to "numbers in Aruba"
- p. 142 "that the beginning" changed to "than the beginning"
- p. 143 "Mr A. L Pinart" changed to "Mr. A. L. Pinart"
- p. 145 "Fig 1104" changed to "Fig. 1104"
- p. 147 "religous" changed to "religious"
- p. 147 (Illustration) "Fig. 107.—Sculptured" changed to "Fig. 107.—Sculptured"
- p. 148 "insignificent" changed to "insignificant"
- p. 156 "Cracara" changed to "Cracará"
- p. 157 (Illustration) "Fig. 123.—Petroglyphs" changed to "Fig. 123.—Petroglyphs"
- p. 159 (Illustration) "Fig. 126.—Petroglyphs" changed to "Fig. 126.—Petroglyphs"
- p. 165 "peculiarty" changed to "peculiarity"
- p. 166 "Fig 133." changed to "Fig. 133."
- p. 168 (Illustration) "Fig. 124.—Petroglyphs" changed to "Fig. 124.—Petroglyphs"
- p. 168 (Illustration) "Fig. 125.—Inscribed" changed to "Fig. 125.—Inscribed"
- p. 172 "to cairn" changed to "to a cairn"
- p. 176 "crypt of the of the" changed to "crypt of the"
- p. 186 "the Yenisei river" changed to "the Yenesei river"
- p. 187 "Chandeshwar, India" changed to "Chandeshwar, India."
- p. 188 "733" changed to "723"
- p. 195 "serves at its pendant" changed to "serves as its pendant"
- p. 208 "Fig. 683" changed to "Fig. 685"
- p. 209 "Ashmoleon" changed to "Ashmolean"
- p. 219 "suppleness," changed to "suppleness."
- p. 220 "corsair aspect”" changed to "corsair aspect.”"
- p. 235 "Midē friends" changed to "Midē friends"
- p. 236 "When he went" changed to "when he went"
- p. 236 "Still represented" changed to "still represented"
- p. 237 "Manidō, the Thunderer" changed to "Manidō, the Thunderer"
- p. 241 "symbol of the Mīdē" changed to "symbol of the Midē"
- p. 247 (Illustration) "Fig. 165—Song" changed to "Fig. 165.—Song"
- p. 254 (Illustration) "Fig. 170—Minabozho." changed to "Fig. 170.—Minabozho."
- p. 256 "Fig. 174 is copy" changed to "Fig. 174 is copy"
- p. 257 "the drum used used" changed to "the drum used"
- p. 257 "Chap. x, Sec. 2." changed to "Chap. x, Sec. 2)."
- p. 260 "X cr 10" changed to "X or 10"
- p. 262 (Illustration) "Fig. 180.—Bookaccount." changed to "Fig. 180.—Book account."
- p. 265 "life time. one old man." changed to "life time, one old man."
- p. 271 "1811-’02." changed to "1801-’02."
- p. 274 "distingushed" changed to "distinguished"
- p. 276 "Crow Feather was their" changed to "Crow-Feather was their"
- p. 276 "bird portruding" changed to "bird protruding"
- p. 281 "Th Sans Arcs" changed to "The Sans Arcs"
- p. 283 "1851-52." changed to "1851-’52."
- Plate XXI "A 901-930" changed to "A 901-930."
- p. 290 "shall live." changed to "shall live.”"
- p. 295 "Fig. 267,1710-’11." changed to "Fig. 267, 1710-’11."
- p. 296 "who-was eagle-hunting" changed to "who-was-eagle-hunting"
- p. 299 "each others movements." changed to "each other’s movements."
- p. 301 "lodge and said." changed to "lodge and said,"
- p. 302 "Omaha-horses winter." changed to "Omaha-horses winter.”"
- p. 302 "Ventre winter." changed to "Ventre winter.”"
- p. 302 "reverance" changed to "reverence"
- p. 302 "Killed-two-Assiniboines" changed to "Killed-two-Assiniboins"
- p. 304 "Assiniboins-came" changed to "“Assiniboins-came"
- p. 305 "beef winter." changed to "beef winter.”"
- p. 309 "Fig.339" changed to "Fig. 339"
- p. 309 "Fig.340" changed to "Fig. 340"
- p. 309 (Illustration) "Fig. 342" changed to "Fig. 342."
- p. 310 (Illustration) "Fig. 343" changed to "Fig. 343."
- p. 313 "name Don’t Eat-Buffalo-Heart" changed to "name Don’t-Eat-Buffalo-Heart"
- p. 317 "again-winter.”" changed to "again winter.”"
- p. 317 "rotton-wood" changed to "rotten-wood"
- p. 324 "the Blue-creek" changed to "the-Blue-creek"
- p. 336 "topograpyh" changed to "topography"
- p. 341 "winter quarters It" changed to "winter quarters. It"
- p. 344 "topograpic features" changed to "topographic features"
- p. 357 "Parauapanama" changed to "Paranapanama"
- p. 359 "were supended" changed to "were suspended"
- p. 359 "delare war" changed to "declare war"
- p. 374 "Egyptain" changed to "Egyptian"
- p. 374 "decribes" changed to "describes"
- p. 377 "Ottowa" changed to "Ottawa"
- p. 379 "familarly" changed to "familiarly"
- p. 400 (Illustration) "Haida tattoo, dogfish" changed to "Haida tattoo, dogfish."
- p. 404 "kahatta" changed to "kahátta"
- p. 412 (Illustration) "Tattooed Paupan" changed to "Tattooed Papuan"
- p. 418 "14 to inspire" changed to "14, to inspire"
- p. 420 "Big Road and his" changed to "Big-Road and his"
- p. 425 "549.—Micmac" changed to "Fig. 549.—Micmac"
- p. 427 two lines "The designs show some marks suggesting the artistic devices used in / the Roman Catholic Church, though the figuration of the cross is by no" were printed in reverse order.
- p. 433 "know-ng" changed to "knowing"
- p. 435 "considered as Objibwas" changed to "considered as Ojibwas"
- p. 442 (Illustration) "Fig. 579.—African" changed to "Fig. 579.—African"
- p. 467 "misshappen" changed to "misshapen"
- p. 476 "it seems, probable" changed to "it seems probable"
- p. 478 "missionary." changed to "missionary.”"
- p. 496 "medicines are used" changed to "medicines are used."
- p. 496 "Sometimes the muzzin ne-neence" changed to "Sometimes the muzzin-ne-neence"
- p. 502 "bags whieh are considered" changed to "bags which are considered"
- p. 513 "Caramūlŭn is said" changed to "Daramūlŭn is said"
- p. 513 "(1) A piece" changed to "(1) A piece"
- p. 515 "and a seive" changed to "and a sieve"
- p. 519 "chaplet." changed to "chaplet.”"
- p. 535 "the pole. American-Horses’" changed to "the pole. American-Horse’s"
- p. 551 "Eugéne" changed to "Eugène"
- p. 554 "and a a ditch" changed to "and a ditch"
- p. 555 "an individul was distinguished" changed to "an individual was distinguished"
- Illustration: "Plate XLV" changed to "Plate XLV."
- p. 578 "Blackfeet Dakota indian" changed to "Blackfeet Dakota Indian"
- p. 579 "the heroic indian" changed to "the heroic Indian"
- Illustration: "PL. XLVII" changed to "PL. XLVII."
- p. 582 "Kiatexamut" changed to "Kiatéxamut"
- p. 588 "third figure show" changed to "third figure shows"
- p. 590 "Objiwa." changed to "Ojibwa."
- p. 592 "from the the mouth" changed to "from the mouth"
- p. 592 (Illustration) "Fig. 892" changed to "Fig. 892."
- p. 593 "The first,which" changed to "The first, which"
- p. 593 "Fig.896" changed to "Fig. 896"
- p. 593 "unaplatable" changed to "unpalatable"
- p. 595 (Illustration) "Little-Moon," changed to "Little-Moon."
- p. 596 (Illustration) "Fig. 918" changed to "Fig. 918."
- p. 600 (Illustration) "Fig. 940" changed to "Fig. 940."
- p. 601 (Illustration) "Fig. 946" changed to "Fig. 946."
- p. 604 "Cloud Shield’s Winter Count" changed to "Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count"
- p. 604 "given in Red Cloud’s" changed to "given in Red-Cloud’s"
- pp. 604-5 "the Ho-be-bo" changed to "the Ho-bo-bo"
- p. 614 "12 feet long" changed to "12 feet long."
- Illustration: "Tenth Annual Report. Plate XLIX" changed to "Tenth Annual Report Plate XLIX."
- p. 628 "chief annointed" changed to "chief anointed"
- p. 640 "Fig. 988. The first" changed to "Fig. 988.—The first"
- p. 640 "by the Minneonjou" changed to "by the Minneconjou"
- p. 647 "sculpture in Guamatela" changed to "sculpture in Guatemala"
- p. 647 "Apparrently" changed to "Apparently"
- p. 647 "eplacing our letters" changed to "replacing our letters"
- p. 652 "This isexplained" changed to "This is explained"
- p. 652 "the human figureis" changed to "the human figure is"
- p. 653 "this symbols" changed to "this symbol"
- p. 665 "A.D. 1820" changed to "A. D. 1820"
- p. 678 "Figs. 106" changed to "Figs. 70"
- p. 681 "F. A Kimball" changed to "F. A. Kimball"
- p. 682 "forms of thsee" changed to "forms of these"
- p. 685 "grostesque wood" changed to "grotesque wood"
- p. 687 "which is larger" changed to "which is larger."
- p. 689 "indellible" changed to "indelible"
- p. 698 "Coyotero" changed to "Coyotèro"
- p. 704 "Bildebuch" changed to "Bilderbuch"
- p. 708 "at Rio Janeiro" changed to "at Rio de Janeiro"
- p. 712 "longtitude" changed to "longitude"
- p. 715 "Hindu hands." changed to "Hindu hands.”"
- p. 722 "Pedro de las Rios" changed to "Pedro de los Rios"
- p. 729 "Fig. 1233. Crosses." changed to "Fig. 1233.—Crosses."
- p. 723 "presented in Fig. 1223" changed to "presented in Fig. 1223."
- p. 732 "the +.”" changed to "the +.””"
- p. 738 "for drawing." changed to "for drawing.”"
- p. 740 "psuedo-science" changed to "pseudo-science"
- p. 742 "thenorthern Algonquian" changed to "the northern Algonquian"
- p. 747 "purely arbirary" changed to "purely arbitrary"
- p. 755 "marying some one" changed to "marrying some one"
- p. 757 "carniverous" changed to "carnivorous"
- p. 766 "Ojibway Nation." changed to "Ojibway Nation,"
- p. 772 "among the petroglpyhs" changed to "among the petroglyphs"
- p. 773 "by the aborignes" changed to "by the aborigines"
- p. 779 "AUSLAND, Das" changed to "AUSLAND, Das."
- p. 781 "and in Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 8o" changed to "and in Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 8o."
- p. 785 "(Sept. and Oct)" changed to "(Sept. and Oct.)"
- p. 787 "(Commodore Charles." changed to "(Commodore Charles)."
- p. 791 "Emil" changed to "Emil"
- p. 792 "(I Coll. Mend., Pl. 75)" changed to "(I, Coll. Mend., Pl. 75)"
- p. 795 "591-306" changed to "291-306"
- p. 795 "Toulouse et Paris. 8o" changed to "Toulouse et Paris. 8o."
- p. 796 the entry beginning "McGUIRE (Joseph D.)" was printed as one paragraph; the format has been regularised.
- p. 796 "1857.80" changed to "1857. 8o"
- p. 799 "Kans, La Platte" changed to "Kans., La Platte"
- p. 801 "Pedro II. Vols. 1" changed to "Pedro II. Vols. I"
- p. 802 "59, Figs," changed to "59, Figs."
- p. 809 "Abacu" changed to "Abacus"
- p. 810 "near Zuni" changed to "near Zuñi"
- p. 810 "color among" changed to "color among, 622"
- p. 810 "213-214 468-469" changed to "213-214, 468-469"
- p. 811 "Caicara" changed to "Caïcara"
- p. 811 "Ceara" changed to "Ceará"
- p. 811 "643, 644, 645." changed to "643, 644, 645"
- p. 812 "118 119, 120" changed to "118, 119, 120"
- p. 812 "starvation, 656." changed to "starvation, 656"
- p. 812 the entries for "Corbusier" and "Corados" were printed out of order.
- p. 812 "etc 534-537" changed to "etc., 534-537"
- p. 813 "Easterisland" changed to "Easter island"
- p. 813 "mediaevel" changed to "mediaeval"
- p. 813 "Oregon, petrogyphs" changed to "Oregon, petroglyphs"
- p. 814 "on Hualpa Indians" changed to "on Hualpai Indians"
- p. 815 "Karankawa" changed to "Karánkawa"
- p. 815 "Iroquois Indians." changed to "Iroquois Indians,"
- p. 815 "Jessakkid" changed to "Jĕssakkīd"
- p. 815 "Kitshi Manido" changed to "Kítshi Manidō"
- p. 815 "Kta-i Tupakshi" changed to "Ktá-i Tupákshi"
- p. 815 "Lisieres" changed to "Lisières"
- p. 815 "707-702" changed to "701-702"
- p. 816 "Mamore" changed to "Mamoré"
- p. 816 "Mide" changed to "Midé"
- p. 816 "Midewiwin" changed to "Midēwiwin"
- p. 816 The sub-entry for "Migration record of" was printed as a separate entry.
- p. 816 "178-176" changed to "178-180"
- p. 817 "Naqomqilis" changed to "Naqómqilis"
- p. 817 "New Mexico, petroplyphs" changed to "New Mexico, petroglyphs"
- p. 818 "351-252" changed to "251-252"
- p. 820 "colors by Zuni" changed to "colors by Zuñi"
- p. 821 "work among, XVII-XVII" changed to "work among, XVII-XVIII"
- p. 821 "Mide cermony" changed to "Midē ceremony"
- p. 821 "Tualati" changed to "Tuálati"
The letters identifying the elements in Fig. 653, Fig. 719 and Fig. 936 were not clearly printed.
The following are used inconsistently in the text:
- Ânishinabēg and Ânishinabég
- archæologist and archeologists (and related words)
- Arikara and Arickara
- armpit and arm-pit
- At-o-sis and Atosis
- Baholikonga, Baho-li-kong-ya and Baho li-kong-ya
- birchbark and birch-bark
- boulder and bowlder
- breechcloth and breech-cloth
- Clément and Clement
- crosspiece and cross-piece
- débris and debris
- demigods and demi-gods
- dogfish and dog-fish
- Easter island and Easter Island
- extralimital and extra-limital
- facsimile and fac-simile
- folklore and folk-lore
- footpath and foot-path
- Góngora and Gongora
- Good-Weasel and Good weasel
- headdress and head-dress
- Hindoo and Hindu
- Hoofprints and Hoof-prints
- Hopitu and Ho-pi-tu
- horsetracks and horse-tracks
- inclosures and enclosures
- Lenâpé and Lenape
- Makwa Manidō and Makwá Manidō
- Mañaus and Manaus
- Midē' and Midē
- northeastern and north-eastern
- Oglalas and Oglálas
- Ojibway and Ojibwa
- pipeclay and pipe-clay
- pipestem and pipe-stem
- Révue and Revue
- right hand and right-hand
- rockwriting and rock-writing
- smallpox and small-pox
- snowshoe and snow-shoe
- SOCIÉTÉ and SOCIETE
- subclan and sub-clan
- subchief and sub-chief
- Susbeca and Sus-be-ca
- synecdoche and synechdoche
- tatoo, tatto and tattoo (and derived forms)
- thunder bird, thunder-bird and thunderbird
- today and to-day
- Wakan-Tanka and Wakan Tanka
- warpath and war-path
- wildcats and wild-cats
On p. 127 the text refers to two characters k; only one is shown in the illustration.
The following possible errors have not been changed:
- On p. 206, several of the figures listed as "Alaskan and Eskimo carvings" appear unrelated.
- p. 271 "having been selected"
- p. 496 "figures of a man or women"
- p. 558 "City of Monreal"
- p. 727 incorrectly refers to Fig. 429 as representing petroglyphs at Oakley Springs, Arizona.
Inconsistent use of small capitals for volume numbers in the List of Works and Authors Cited has not been regularised.
The following were hyphenated at the end of lines:
- p. 381 magpi-yato
- p. 388 Kong-rat
- p. 484 U-mi-ne
- p. 567 Neta-wa-ya-sink
- p. 567 Wikup'bin-mins
- p. 567 Shage'skike'-dawan'ga
- p. 567 Ta'pakwe'-ĭkak