Transcriber's Notes:
Punctuation was standardized. Missing punctuation was added, where appropriate. Three instances of William Claiborne's name spelled 'Clayborne' were changed for consistency within the text. The index entry for Augusta, GA, is out of order in the original and was not amended. Archaic and obsolete spellings were left unchanged.
The following spelling corrections were made:
'da Leon' to 'de Leon,' sidenote, Chapter II, § 9
'Greene' to 'Green,' sidenote, Chapter IV, § 36
'Roberth' to 'Robert,' Chapter IV, § 36
'browbreat' to 'browbeat,' Chapter IV, § 38
'circumtances' to 'circumstances,' Chapter XII, § 110
'beween' to 'between,' Chapter XIV, § 121
'king Charles' to 'King Charles,' index entry for Massachusetts
'Phillip's War' to 'Philip's War,' twice, in the index only