Note 2 — PREFACE TO VOLUME XVIII

The first edition was published at Cincinnati in 1831; this is, however, less commonly seen than one dated 1833. Both are, however, from the same plates, and differ only in date and style of title-page and form of copyright clause. We follow the earlier edition, in these respects. In 1847, one Bilson published a book in New York under the title, The Hunters of Kentucky; or, the trials and toils of traders and trappers during an expedition to the Rocky Mountains, New Mexico and California, in which much of Pattie's narrative was incorporated verbatim. Harper's Magazine, xxi, pp. 80-94, also gives a résumé of Pattie's adventures, with slight embellishments.