Change Log [UPDATED 31 DEC 2012]

November 22nd, 2012:
- Edited Part III, Chapter VI: The Winter of 1830. Changed the official name of the 1st North Star Cavalry Squadron (and its subordinate units) to the 1st North Star Reconnaissance Squadron.
- Greatly expanded the Table of Contents to include multiple Appendices.
- Edited/renamed some of the History's "Parts" and the dates they will cover/have covered in order to better reflect their respective eras.

November 23rd, 2012:
- Added "Appendix F: Military Installations or Encampments" to the "Military History Appendices"
- Added "Appendix E: Villages, Settlements, Towns and Cities" and "Appendix F: Foreign Villages, Settlements, Towns and Cities" to the "Character and Location Appendices," which has been renamed to reflect these additions.
- Edited Part II, Chapter I: The War of 1812, to include a brief statement that reflects the recapture of Detroit by General Taylor in 1813 also lead to the freeing of William Hull and his surrendered force from a prisoner-of-war camp, (which was established in the nearby area, as moving the prisoners to Quebec as they did in OTL would prove as obviously impractical due to Pike's subsequent Ontario Campaign) thus removing a continuity error, as in our timeline Hull was succeeded in his governorship by Lewis Cass due to his failure to defend the region. It can be thus attributed that his liberation at the hands of Taylor avoids this "succession crisis", as the American victories in the region combined with Pike's success in the Ontario Campaign largely overshadows Hull's poor command ability (or more appropriately, Dearborn's refusal to aid his defense) and this thus allows Hull to retain his governorship. It can also be assumed that the blame for the poor conduct surrounding the surrender of Detroit would likely be placed on Dearborn, as his removal as the commander of the Ontario Campaign in favor of Pike would obviously bring his incompetence to light in quick fashion. Thus, Hull's death in 1825 as it occurred historically makes this timeline assume that Hull would remain as governor of the Michigan Territory until his demise, and this thus allows Pike to become governor, as this date roughly coincides with Pike's (fictional) retirement from military service in the same year (as Pike was historically killed in 1813 at York, which is, for those unaware, the second major point of divergence in this timeline. I actually attribute this to butterflies due to du Lhut's return to Minnesota in 1700. Perhaps the Canadians who otherwise would've blown up York's armory instead saw their ancestors settle in the fictional "Fort Dakota/du Lhut" area, rather than where they did historically?) and his popularity combined with his residency in the region leads to his nomination to fill the vacant position by the President, John Quincy Adams, under Winfield Scott's recommendation, which is later explained in detail in subsequent chapters. Added Change Log to Table of Contents.ation at the hands of Taylor avoids this "succession crisis", as the American victories in the region combined with Pike's success in the Ontario Campaign largely overshadows Hull's poor command ability (or more appropriately, Dearborn's refusal to aid his defense) and this thus allows Hull to retain his governorship. His death in 1825 as it occurred historically assumes that Hull would remain as governor of the Michigan Territory until his demise, and this thus allows Pike to become governor, as this date roughly coincides with Pike's (fictional) retirement from military service in the same year (as Pike was historically killed in 1813 at York) and his popularity combined with his residency in the region leads to his nomination to fill the vacant position by the President, John Quincy Adams, under Winfield Scott's recommendation, which is later explained.
- Added Change Log to Table of Contents.

November 24th, 2012:
- Added Part III, Chapter VII: The Minnesota Campaign.

December 24th, 2012:
- Added Appendix B: Early Explorers to the Character and Location Appendices. Added several placeholders to reflect some of the characters named in Part I, Chapter I. The other Appendices have also been modified in letter identifier in order to reflect this change.
- Edited Part II, Chapter I: War of 1812 to include another brief statement concerning General Hull and how he and his fellow prisoners could not be shipped to Montreal/Quebec to be held as prisoners of war there (as they were in OTL) and were instead held in erected prisoner of war camps surrounding Detroit, as Pike's successful Ontario campaign eliminated the possibility to transport the prisoners overland (as mentioned in Change Log for November 23rd, 2012.)
- Edited Part II, Chapter III: Pike's Return to indicate that Hull was able to hold onto his governorship of the Michigan Territory following Taylor's victory and liberation of Detroit in 1813 during the War of 1812, eliminating a further continuity error, although the details for this apparent non-abdication have been avoided in order to maintain focus on the events actually being discussed in the chapter. It will later be discussed in the Appendices (both in Dearborn and Hull's dedicated chapters) that the public blame for Hull's defeat was largely (and justifiably) placed on Dearborn instead of Hull himself (as in OTL) and thus through these means he was not removed as governor.

December 25th, 2012:
- Edited Part III, Chapter VII: The Minnesota Campaign to include a brief sentence concerning Henry Schoolcraft's military leadership ability, and how his lack of military experience was instead supplemented through training by Pike throughout the Winter of 1830 in order to make up for this obvious deficiency.
- Edited Part III, Chapter V: The Wisconsin Campaign to include a brief sentence concerning how Pike's withdrawal from the theater following the "Treeline Engagement" was as much due to threat of illness and attrition as it was due to lack of food, water and provisions. Given that attrition and illness were inherent in warfare of the 19th century, the fact that this topic and how it affected Pike's men was mistakenly avoided throughout the chapter was noticed and thus has been corrected.

December 30th, 2012:
- Added Appendix B, Chapter I: Christopher Columbus.
- Edited Part III, Chapter II: The North Star Republic and replaced the fictional Council of the Northwoods member "John Johnston, Junior" with "George Johnston, Junior," who was a real documented descendant of the famed John Johnston, rather than the fictional John Johnston, Junior, who never existed. This was done in conjunction with a growing campaign to eliminate several continuity errors.

December 31st, 2012:
- Edited Part III, Chapter II: The North Star Republic and replaced the fictional Council members Nicholas Chandler and Christian Hellicksen with James Duane Doty and Albert Gallatin Ellis, respectively. Also swapped the "Green Bay Herald" with the "Green Bay Intelligencer." This was done in order to maintain a sense of historical accuracy that had previously gone unnoticed. As a result all of the aforementioned characters and the "Herald" paper have been swapped and replaced by their actual historical counterparts.
- Edited Part III, Chapter III: The Northwoods Revolution (I) to reflect some of the aforementioned changes.
- Edited Part III, Chapter IV: The Northwoods Revolution (II) to reflect some of the aforementioned changes.