Original spelling and grammar has mostly been retained. Figures were moved from within paragraphs to between paragraphs. Footnotes were moved to the ends of chapters. This 1905 edition is an annotated reprint of "Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839"; the pagination of the latter document is shown herein as a number enclosed in curly brackets, e.g. {226}. The pagination of the 1905 publication is shown in square brackets, e.g. [Pg009]. Page 78: the phrase "invicta, la Galia indomable" is printed upside down. This was not a mistake, as it is explained in a following paragraph. This has been reproduced herein as well as possible ("ıuʌıɔʇɐ lɐ פɐlıɐ ıupoɯɐqlǝ"), using Unicode characters. Some of these characters may not be properly displayed in all browsers and fonts. Footnote 59: the original large table was broken into two pieces. Page 99: "ofthe regular Route" was changed to "of the regular Route". Page 144: "consipracy" was changed to "conspiracy". Page 145: "futurese curity" to "future security". Page 168: an initial quotation mark was added to "he is prying into your affairs". Page 173: "mattrass" to "mattress". Footnote 123: "Jesus Maria" changed to "Jesus-Maria". Page 193: "invogue" to "in vogue". Page 208: "discharging valleys" to "discharging volleys". Footnote 136: Several instances of "do." (abbreviation for "ditto") replaced by repeated text. Also, a Remark that applies to two years 1832 and 1833 is indicated herein "{Party defeated on Canadian {2 men killed, 3 perished." The original replaced the two "{" by a single double-height "{". Page 268: "Assinaboins" to "Assiniboins", to match the footnote. The more usual modern spelling seems to be "Assiniboine" ("Assiniboines", plural). Page 274: "dolefu" to "doleful". Page 296: "resistence" to "resistance". Page 320: "tancy" to "fancy". In this simple .txt version, italics are _indicated by underscoring_. Small caps are converted to uppercase. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX, by Various