Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example: headquarters, head-quarters; care-taker, caretaker; employees, employés; emprize; rhymester; coehorns; repealment; gayety; equinoctial.
[Pg 26], ‘the frying fishes’ replaced by ‘the flying fishes’.
[Pg 34], ‘is certaintly’ replaced by ‘is certainly’.
[Pg 133], ‘the little setttlement’ replaced by ‘the little settlement’.
[Pg 190], ‘by a barbacan’ replaced by ‘by a barbican’.
[Pg 274], ‘Ogalla Sioux’ replaced by ‘Oglala Sioux’.
[Pg 291], ‘periously close’ replaced by ‘perilously close’.
[Pg 299], ‘his meagrely clad’ replaced by ‘his meagerly clad’.
[Pg 301], ‘on the Mississpipi’ replaced by ‘on the Mississippi’.
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‘Cadillac, La Moote’ replaced by ‘Cadillac, La Motte’.
‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisana’ replaced by ‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisiana’.