Footnote 1: Sarah Tittle Bolton, known for her patriotic and war songs, among them "Paddle Your Own Canoe" and "Left on the Battlefield."[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 2: The "k" is silent in this name. Elizabeth Knodle was the elder sister of Esther Van de Grift.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 3: Now Mrs. Thaddeus Up de Graff, of Elmira, New York.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 4: Stewart, who acquired by his life among the Indians a thorough knowledge of the trails of the country, became a guide, and it was he that led Boone on the expedition to explore Kentucky. The connection between them became even closer when he married Boone's youngest sister, Hannah. At the State capitol there is a picture of him in the striking costume of the hunter and trapper, pointing out to Boone the lovely land of Kentucky.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 5: Now Sir Graham and Lady Balfour. Sir Graham is a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson, and his biographer.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 6: Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson, cousin of Robert Louis.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 7: Mr. Birge Harrison, in the Century Magazine, December, 1916.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 8: An American artist.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 9: A Spanish word, pronounced clahvél, and meaning a pink.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 10: Cowboys.[Back to Main Text]