VI CONTENTS OF 



CHAPTER XXI.— continued. 



Meat — Their Winter Life — Former NtiinLers of the Montagnais 

 — The Oumamiwek — Pere Henri Nouvel — Communication with 

 Hudson's Bay — A. Dialogue — Pere Albanel — First Voyage by 

 Kupert's River to Hudson's Bay —Sorcerers — Lake St. John, a great 

 Indian Rendezvous — The Montagnais after the Retirement of the 

 Jesuits — Cartwright's Description of the Labrador Montagnais page 1 



CHAPTER XXH. 



THE BAY OF SEVEN ISLANDS. 



Fabulous Fishes in the Bay of Seven Islands — Scenery of the Bay — 

 Mountain Ranges — The Seven Islands — Chi-sche-dec — .Animal 

 Life in the Bay — Walruses — Indians — The Islands — Otelne — 

 Otelne's Dream — The Nasquapees — Their Fate on the Coast — 

 Their Habits in their own Country — The King's Posts — The 

 Salmon Trade . . . . . . . . .27 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



SEVEN ISLANDS TO THE MINGANS. 



Manitou River — Grand Falls ofManitou River — Origin of its Name 

 — Montagnais Tradition — The Souriquois or Micmacs — Battle of the 

 Manitou Falls — The Micmac Conjuror — Indian Revenge — The 

 Micmac Invaders of the North Shore — The Gasj)esiens — Origin of 

 the Name Gaspe — Mount St. John — IMagpie River — St. John 

 River — Oxide of Iron on the Coast — Extent to which it affects tlie 

 Compass — The Mingan Islands — Description of the Mingan Islands 

 — Oriji^in of their Names ....... 40 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



THE ST. LAWKENCE BELOW BIONTREAL — THE ESTUAEY AND GULF 

 OF ST. LAWEENCE. 



Freezing of the St. Lawrence — Ice Bridges — The Winter Phenomena 

 of the St. Lawrence — Ice Packing and Piling — Grand Movements 

 of the Ice in the Winter — Dimensions of the River at Quebec — 



