Vlll CONTENTS OF 



CHAPTER ^-^Yl.— continued. 



Sharks — Seaweed — Beauties of the Gulf — Landing through the 

 Surf in a Canoe — Long Point — New Fishing Station — Settlements 

 on the Coast — The Great Banks — Arrive at Mingan . page 85 , 



CHAPTER XXVIL 



THE NASQUAPEES, OK THE PEOPLE STANDING UPRIGHT. 



Meaning of the Word Nasquapee — Extent of their Country — Custom of 

 Tattooing — Religion — Nasquapees of Ungava — Horrid Practice of 

 destroying aged People — Means of Subsistence — Dress — Polygamy 



— Battle between the Nasquapees and Esquimaux in 1857 — Im- 

 mense Extent of the Territory of the Nasquapees — Cartwright's 

 Description — Pere Arnaud's Description — Their Conjurors — The 

 Evil Deity Atshem — Superstitions — Fondness for Eui'opean Articles 

 of Dress — Character of the Country they inhabit — Hunger — Famine 

 among the Nasquapees — Habits and Customs — Bows and Arrows 



— Nets — Hooks — Trout — The Wagumesk — Fishing in Winter 



— Early Account of the Nasquapees in a.d. 1500 — Tattooing — 

 Pere Durocher's Description in a.d. 1853 — Extent of the Great Cree 

 Nation — Cause of the Decline of the Nasquapees . . 9G 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE MONTAGNAIS INDIANS. 



Assemblage of Montagnais at Mingan — An Epidemic — The Winding- 

 sheet — Montagnais Superstition — Montagnais Fortitude — The 

 dying Montagnais — Death with the setting Sun — The Mingan 

 Graveyard — Montagnais Inscriptions — Decline of the Montagnais 

 Tribes — Touching Address to the Canadian Government — Number 

 of Indians in the Labrador Peninsiila — Canadian Commission 

 respecting the Condition of the Indians — Evidence of Mr. Price, 

 M.P.P. — Ancient Fort far in the Interior — French Cannon — 

 Evidence of Pere Arnaud — Evidence of Mr. Chisholm — Medicine 

 Feast formerly kept up — Former Ca2:)abilities of the Country to 

 su^iport Indians — Multitude of Porcupine, &c. — Winter Customs 

 of the Montagnais — The Canadian Overseer of the Salmon Fisheries 

 on Salmon-spearing by Torchlight — Lands set apart for the Mon- 

 tagnais Tribes in the King's Posts , . . . .112 



