TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Reading edition
Page reference for the illustration "Tekakwitha's Spring" has been corrected from xvi to xiv.
Numerous missing periods have been silently restored.
Inconsistent hyphenation and use of quotation marks at beginning of paragraphs have been retained as in the original.
The following typos have been corrected:
p. vi — "Hotel" twice amended to "Hôtel". p. viii — "cotemporary" amended to "contemporary". p. 59 — "Renssalaer" amended to "Rensselaer". p. 191 — "Saut" amended to "Sault". p. 264 — "Cholence" amended to "Cholenec". p. 294 footnote — "une vision a" amended to "une vision à".
Textual representation of the diagram on p. 307:
KANADA-ANAWARAKE GAN-DA----WA--GE Village-Turtle--At