Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
There are two [7] anchors for Footnote 7 in the section "SWORD AND GOWN IN CALIFORNIA".
No map was identified in the text showing the Santa Fé and Oregon trails.
No section was found referring to the "Edmunds Bill".
The following alternate spellings were identified and retained:
practise and practice
Pekitanoüi and Pekitanoui
Clarke and Clark
Compte and Comte
Nicolet and Nicollet
Cortes and Cortez
Chicasaw and Chickasaw
New-England and New England.
CARTIER TAKING POSSESSION FOR FRANCE.
THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1512-1883
BY SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE
WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
London GIBBINGS & COMPANY, Ltd. 18 BURY STREET, W.C. 1894
Copyright, 1887, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.
Presswork by Berwick & Smith, Boston, U.S.A.