After the publication of his account of Long's expedition, Dr. James received an appointment as army surgeon, and was on the frontier for six years, which he utilized in studying Indian dialects; during this period he translated the New Testament into the Chippewa tongue (1833), and published _The Narrative of John Tanner_ (New York, 1830), the story of a child who had been stolen by the Indians, and became a well-known interpreter. Resigning his army post (1830), James became associate editor of the _Temperance Herald and Journal_, at Albany; later (1834) he removed to Iowa, and settled (1836) as an agriculturist near Burlington, where he died in 1861. In the preparation for the press of this reprint of James's _Account_, the Editor has had throughout the assistance of Homer C. Hockett, B.A., instructor in history in the University of Wisconsin. R. G. T. MADISON. WIS., March, 1905. FOOTNOTES: [1] See statement of the objects of the expedition by Secretary Calhoun, in _American State Papers_, "Military Affairs," ii, p. 33. [2] See quotations from contemporary sources in Chittenden, _American Fur Trade_, ii, p. 562 _et seq._ Chapter ii of that volume gives a good account of the Yellowstone expedition. [3] See Preliminary Notice to the Philadelphia edition (1823), which we supply in its proper place in the present reprint--it having been omitted from the London edition which we follow. [4] Henry Atkinson of North Carolina, became captain in the Third Infantry in 1808. His subsequent record, as given in Powell, _List of Officers of the U. S. Army_, is as follows: "Col. I. G. 25 April, 1813. Col. 4th Inf., 15 April, 1814. Trans. to 37th Inf., 22 April, 1814. Trans. to 6th Inf., 17 May, 1815. Brig. Gen. 13 May, 1820. Col. A. G., 1 June, 1821 which he declined, and on 16 Aug., 1821, was assigned as Col. 6th Inf. Retained as Col., 21 Aug., with Bvt. rank of Brig. Gen., 13 May, 1820. Died 14 June, 1842." [5] Atkinson had contrived a device similar to the paddle-wheel of a steamer, for propelling keel-boats, but operated by men. It was afterwards used successfully. [6] See the description of this boat given in note 145, _post_. [7] For biographical sketches see footnote 1 of text. [8] There are in the two editions differences in phraseology, and each contains a few paragraphs omitted from the other. As a rule these differences are of minor importance; where important, the footnotes to the reprint give both readings. The London edition contains a complete copy of Long's report in place of mere extracts.