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Transcriber’s Changes:

[Page 91]: Added closing quote mark (soon to be moving; it will be bad going for the horses.”)

[Page 208]: Was ‘off’ (the beautiful Yo-Semite Valley ceased, from that day, to be the stronghold of Shoshonee mountain-brigands.)

[Page 249]: Was ‘rattle-snakes’ (the alarming prevalence of rattlesnakes, the journey was not unpleasant.)

[Page 332]: Was ‘fire-arms’ (“I saw your gun and I was frightened. We do not like firearms, Señor;)

[Page 333]: Was ‘fire-arms’ (and even so far overcame his fear of firearms as to offer to carry the gun a little way;)

[Page 339]: Was ‘deerskin’ (while at his belt hung a knife and a deer-skin pouch, the latter containing flint and steel)