Chapter 72

Other Principal Works

• The Oregon Trail (1849) • The Conspiracy of Pontiac (1851)

Appendix

Transcription notes:

This book was originally transcribed from Volume 20. While making a batch of corrections, a decision was made to base this etext on Volume 1 for three reasons: 1) Parkman's subsequent revisions were virtually insignificant; 2) Volume 1, released in 1867, is available at the New York Public Library through Hathitrust, and thus, can readily be consulted for future claims of errata, and 3) In the Notes on the Texts prepared for the The Library of America reprint (1983), David Levin opined that using Volume 1 for this title was the best choice to approximate Parkman's own conception of France and England in North America.

In resolving errors and questions that came up during transcription, Parkman's Seventh volume of The Jesuits in North America from 1872 was consulted (from the Library of Congress, available through Hathitrust), as well as the aforementioned The Library of America edition of this work. When these notes refer to a mistake in all the volumes, they refer to Volumes 1, 7, and 20. These volumes were produced during Parkman's lifetime, and assume that changes met with Parkman's approval.

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Contents

• Chapter 5: Capitalize Thwarted and Begun in the topics list. • Chapter 16: Capitalize Tortured in the topics list. • Chapter 19: Capitalize Confirmed in the topics list. • Chapter 26: Capitalize Destroyed in the topics list.

Introduction:

• Page xix, add Indian before "Social and Political Organization" to match topics list in Table of Contents. • Page xxxv, in footnote 0-18, the word "come" is printed with a straight line over the "o," not only in Volume 1, but also in Volume 7. The Library of America version of the book assumes that the line resulted from an imperfection in the plates. The assumption is not only reasonable but practical, and it is adopted here, too. • Page xlviii, place period after the clause "which they had so promptly assented" This period was also missing in Volume 7. • On Page li, Parkman added the qualifier "in most cases" to the clause "The child belongs to the clan," in the eighth volume of this title. The new clause is, "The child belongs, in most cases, to the clan," • On Page lii, Parkman used the less precise "usually belonging to it" instead of "inseparable from it" in the eighth volume of this title. The new sentence reads, "This system of clanship, with the rule of descent usually belonging to it, was of very wide prevalence." • On Page lxv, Un doubtedly is not hyphenated and split between two lines as if two words, not just in Volume 1, but in Volume 7. There should have been a hyphen after Un-. The clause was transcribed: "Undoubtedly there was a distinct and definite effort of legislation;"