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FOOTNOTES:

[1] A substance obtained from a gland in the scrotum of the beaver, and used to attract that animal to the trap.

[2] The Hudson's Bay Company is so called by the American trappers.

[3] A small lake near the head waters of the Yellow Stone, near which are some curious thermal springs of ink-black water.

[4] The Aztecs are supposed to have built this city during their migration to the south; there is little doubt, however, but that the region extending from the Gila to the Great Salt Lake, and embracing the province of New Mexico, was the locality from which they emigrated.

[5] Creoles of St Louis, and French Canadians.

[6] "On the prairie," is the Indian term for a free gift.

[7] Ancient and Modern Art, historical and critical. By George Cleghorn, Esq. 2 vols. Blackwoods. 1848.