Note 235 — TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1832, 1833, AND 1834 (continued 5)
Hannibal Evans Lloyd translation
For Big Elk, see our volume v, p. 90, note 52; also xv, p. 320.
Dr. John D. Godman (1794-1830) was a Marylander who in 1814 participated in the defense of Fort McHenry. Later studying medicine, he was a professor of anatomy at several colleges, retiring finally to Germantown, Pennsylvania, where he devoted himself to scientific pursuits. His best known work was American Natural History (Philadelphia, 1828).
By Horn River our author intends Elkhorn, for which see our volume xiv, p. 240, note 182.—Ed.