CONTENTS 



OF 



THE SECOND VOLUME. 



3j«=:JOC 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



THE MONTAGNAIS, OR THE TSIFE-TSI-UETIN-EUERNO, THE PEOPLE 

 OF THE NORTH-NORTH-EAST. 



Early History of the Indian Races inhabiting the Valley of the St. 

 Lawrence — Jacques Cartier — The Village of Hochelaga — Cham- 

 plain — Tradition respecting Hochelaga — The Inhabitants of Hoche- 

 laga — Algonkins — Discovery of the Ruins of Hochelaga in 18G0 — 

 Antiquity of the Village — Indian Relics — Jesuit Accoiint of 

 Hochelaga and its Fate — The Algonkins of the St. Lawrence Valley 

 return to a Nomadic Life — Indian Relics found near Brockville — 

 Copper Rings — The Montagnais, or Tshe-tsi-uetin-uerno — Indian 

 Dance on the Saugenay — Number of the Montagnais near Quebec 

 in 1G32 — The Ne-e-no-il-no, or Perfect People — The Crees — • 

 Paul le Jeune — Customs of the Montagnais — Their former Cruelty 

 to Prisoners — Their Wars — Their Superstitions — Summer and 

 Winter — Spirits — The Kichi-kouai — The Wife of the Manitoii, 

 or Spirit of Evil — Belief in the Spiritual Existence of all Material 

 Things — Shadows and Souls — The Conjuror's Reply to Paul le 

 Jeune — The Vapour Bath — The Conjuror's Visions in the Bath — 

 Fasting — Superstitions respecting Bones— Bear-flesh — The Whiskey 

 Jack — Respect of the Montagnais for their Conjurors — Wide Pre- 

 valence of the Belief in Witchcrafts at this Period — Influeuce of the 

 Conjuror over the Indian Mind - Qualities of the Montagnais — 

 Their Feasts — Mode of conducting their Feasts — Manner of boiling 



