FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   268   269   270   271   272   273   274   275   276   >>  
later they were in the terrible slaughter of St. Clair's army, and they were with Wayne when he inflicted the crushing and final defeat upon the allied tribes at the Fallen Timbers. After the peace all the five, every one of whom lived to a very great age, became the fast friends of Timmendiquas, famous war chief of the Wyandots, the nation that knew no fear. THE END Transcriber's Notes: Page 59, "tattoed" corrected to "tattooed". (bear tattooed upon his chest) Page 69, removed duplicate "to". (large enough to keep three men) page 77, a comma is presumed as text is unclear. (Fowler, and six savage) Page 84 and 97, spelling "hare lip" retained. Elsewhere in text it is spelled "harelip". (a hare lip. Then he)(wrinkled his ugly hare lip) Page 90, "dear" corrected to "deer". (of buffalo, deer, bear) Page 97, retained comma although question mark probably more appropriate. (South with you," he said) Page 100, and Page 156, "Kentucy" corrected to "Kentucky". (prospect of victory. The Kentucky) (doubtless had reached Kentucky) Page 130, inserted missing period. (watched him shrewdly.) Page 163, a colon is presumed as original is unclear. (flushed, but he continued:) Page 196, a character named "Tom" is addressed in dialogue. Context shows it should be the character "Sol" instead. Original text retained. ("Tom, that can be) Page 240, unusual word "sidewiping" retained. Author possibly meant "sideswiping". (a glancing blow, sidewiping it) Page 241, a comma is presumed as text is unclear. (come to them through the woods,) Page 271, "house" corrected to "houses". (houses, built of solid logs, stood in ordered rows) Page 279, inserted missing period. (toward the little settlement.) Page 293 and 317, "Black Panther" (name of a chief) probably refers to "Yellow Panther", a name which occurs more frequently in the text. Original text retained. Page 295, "menancing" corrected to "menacing". (like a menacing under-note) Page 313, inserted missing period. (sound of oars became fainter and fainter.) Page 335, removed duplicate "the". (cracks between the timbers) Page 353, inserted missing period. ( the army to envelop it.) Page 365, a dialogue attributed to character "Ross" should probably be "Sol" since in the next paragraph "Tom Ross" answers. However the original text has been retained. (said Ross, "that the Indians hev crossed) End of the Project Gutenberg EBook o
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   268   269   270   271   272   273   274   275   276   >>  



Top keywords:

retained

 

corrected

 
inserted
 

period

 
missing
 

unclear

 

character

 
Kentucky
 

presumed

 

duplicate


tattooed

 

removed

 

Panther

 
dialogue
 

original

 

Original

 
sidewiping
 

houses

 

fainter

 

menacing


Author
 

answers

 
However
 
possibly
 

glancing

 
sideswiping
 

unusual

 

Gutenberg

 

Project

 

continued


addressed

 

Indians

 

crossed

 
Context
 

settlement

 

occurs

 

frequently

 

Yellow

 

refers

 

attributed


menancing

 

envelop

 
ordered
 

timbers

 

cracks

 

paragraph

 

friends

 

Timmendiquas

 

famous

 
Wyandots