Transcriber's Notes:
original hyphenation, spelling and grammar have been preserved as in the original
various pages, "Mac Murray" changed to "MacMurray"
Page 10, "bnt" changed to "but"
Page 23, "where the houses a" changed to "where the houses are"
Page 32, "and our innocnece" changed to "and our innocence"
Page 34, "Gesprache mit Goethe" changed to "Gespräche mit Goethe"
Page 44, "ten years ago," changed to "ten years ago."
Page 49, "Felix Mendelsohn" changed to "Felix Mendelssohn"
Page 50, "terapin" changed to "terrapin"
Page 58, "the last war," changed to "the last war"
Page 65, "so many others;" changed to "so many others,"
Page 72, "ix Nations." changed to "Six Nations."
Page 84, "I proceeded" changed to "I proceeded."
Page 98, "have yet seen" changed to "have yet seen."
Page 99, "farther to night" changed to "farther to-night"
Page 121, "n couple of oxen" changed to "a couple of oxen"
Page 121, "keep of the mosquitoes" changed to "keep off the mosquitoes"
Page 124, "The war of 1813" changed to "The war of 1812"
Page 145, "Detroit, June" changed to "Detroit, July"
Page 149, "Pottowattomies" changed to "Pottowottomies" [Ed. for consistency]
Page 151, "Ottowas" changed to "Ottawas" [Ed. for consistency]
Page 152, "Pottowattomies" changed to "Pottowottomies" [Ed. for consistency]
Page 161, "music and sing ing" changed to "music and singing"
Page 170, "June 20" changed to "July 20"
Page 171, "On the oppsoite side" changed to "On the opposite side"
Page 182, "had been instructed,," changed to "had been instructed,"
Page 189, 'left him in peace.' changed to 'left him in peace."'
Page 200, "brother!—'Never!" changed to "brother!"—'Never!"
Page 201, "he left the wigwan" changed to "he left the wigwam"
Page 203, "Wawatam" changed to "Wa,wa,tam"
Page 234, "Ottagamis" changed to "Ottagamies" [Ed. for consistency]
Page 236, "Manitooling" changed to "Manitoolin"
Page 264, "wortle-berries" changed to "whortleberries"
Page 273 footnote, "Penetanguishnie" changed to "Penetanguishine"
Page 277, "Pottowottomi" changed to "Pottowottomie" [Ed. for consistency]
Page 282, "Shinguacose" changed to "Shinguaconse" [Ed. for consistency]
Page 296, "andfishing tackle" changed to "and fishing tackle"