Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired. Others are listed below. Original
spelling and its variations were not standardized.
Word combinations that appeared with and without hyphens were changed to the
predominant form if it could be determined, or to the hyphenated form if it could not.
Corrections in the spelling of names were made when those could be verified.
Otherwise the variations were left as they were.
Footnotes were moved to the ends of the chapters in which they they belonged
and numbered in one continuous sequence.
Variant forms retained and errors corrected:
Athabasca or Athapuscow Lake (pp. 106, 386). Athapuscow is spelling in French
texts. Both forms were retained.
Philip 'Turner' changed to Philip 'Turnor' (p. 127).
Astor 'brought' out changed to 'bought' out (p. 194).
'it the' grandest speech changed to 'it was the' grandest speech p. 407).
Other notes:
Transcription of the Seven Oaks Monuments inscription (p. 232):
SEVEN OAKS ERECTED IN 1891 BY THE MANITOBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE COUNTESS OF SELKIRK ON THE SITE OF SEVEN OAKS WHERE FELL GOVERNOR ROBERT SEMPLE AND TWENTY OF HIS OFFICERS AND MEN JUNE 19 1816
"The map on page 384 should be consulted...." 384 changed to 388 (p. 386).
In Appendix B, page 490, the row "Radisson goes on expedition to the Antilles"
is missing the date in the original.
The location of some illustrations was changed but their pagination in the
List of Illustrations was not and may therefore be incorrect.