THE FIKST VOLUME. Xlll 



CHAPTER XV. continued. 



the Winter Tripe cle Roche and Birch Buds Cannibalism The 

 Advent of Spring The Geese The Value of Geese to Indians 

 The Number of Geese in Hudson's Bay killed by Indians The 

 probable Number of Geese in Northern America Mode in which 

 Domenique and the Nascjuapees passed the Winter Employment of 

 the Women Shifting Camp Difficulty of catching Fish Oj ibway 

 Mode of catching Fish in Winter Return to Camp . PAGE 233 



CHAPTER XVI. 



' THE DARK DAYS OP CANADA.' 



Traditional Accounts of Conflagrations in Labrador Dark Days of 1785 



Chief Justice Sewell's Account of the Dark Days of 1814 Ashes, 

 Smoke, and ' thick Weather ' Traditional Account of Volcanoes in 

 Labrador Henri Nouvel's Account of the Earthquake in 1663 

 Lieutenant IngalTs Statement Captain Baddeley's Statement 

 M. Gagnon's Account of an Eruption in 1785 in the rear of St. 

 Paul's Bay List of Earthquakes in Canada from 1663-1861 

 The Fire-Mountain of the Nasquapees Probability of ' the Dark 

 Days ' having been occasioned by Fires in the Interior burning 

 the Lichens and Mosses Mr. Davis' Account Interest of the 

 Subject . . . 250 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 ' THE RETURN. 



The Fishing Spoon Dimensions of Esquimaux Fishing Spoons A 

 French Half-Breed Description of a Trout Trout caught with a 

 Spoon in Lake Superior In Lake Huron Large Trout of Lake 

 Huron Ice in July - - Descending Rapids K&- way-den Ke- 

 way-den going down a Rapid Ke- way-den and the Compass 

 Nasquapee Letter and Map Nasquapee Post Office -- Lonely Lake 



Muskeg Lake Vegetation in full Leaf at Troiit Lake Tradi- 

 tion of a Battle near Trout Lake Paul le Jeune in 1632 and the 

 Montagnais The Death of an Iroquois The Incursions of the 

 Iroquois into the Labrador Peninsula The Mistassinni Indians 

 Names of Places and Rivers derived from Historical Incidents The 

 Falls of She-wa-na-he-gan The Kou-kou Cache The Tete de 



