X CONTENTS OF 



CHAPTER XXX. 



THE LABRADOlilANS. 



Origin of the Liibradoiiaus — The Condition of the Coast in 1853, 

 contrasted with 18G1 — Esquimaux Point — Acadians — An Aca- 

 dian Settlement — Reasons for emigrating to the ' North Shore ' 



— Natashquan — Importance of these Settlements — Spring and 

 Summer Life of the Laln-adorians — The only Cow on the Coast 



— Character of the Coiuitry aljout Natashquan — Communication 

 between the Settlements — Labrador Dogs — Esquimaux Dogs — 

 An old Exile — Quarrelsome Dogs — The Labrador Whip — 

 Jealousy among the Dogs — The NcAvfoundland Favourite — The 

 Pig and the Goat — Sagacity of the Dogs — The Commetique — 

 Comparative Endurance of the Esquimaux and Mixed Breed of 

 Dogs — Power of the Esquimaux Whij) — The Boston Yankee — 

 Hosj)itality of the Labradorians — Vice of Drunkenness — Ameri- 

 can Tradei's — Love for the Wild Life in Labrador — The Resident 

 on the Atlantic Coast — The Esquimaux Half-Breeds — The 

 Good Results of the Labours of Moravian Missionaries — A Half- 

 breed Esquimaux School in a ' Tilt ' — Excellent Characters of 

 the Esquimaux Half-breeds — The Esquimaux of Peel's River 



— Death on the Labrador — Labrador Sepulchres — Mournful 

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CHAPTER XXXI. 



THE EOMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS OF THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. 



Results of Slissionary Labour among the Indians — The Experience 

 and Evidence of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec, in 1843 — 

 Inefficiency of the Early Jesuit Missionaries — Efforts in 1638 to 

 civihse the Hurons of Lorette — Experience of 200 Years — Some- 

 thing beyond an exclusive Religious Education required by Indians 



— Proofs of the Fitness of certain Indian Tribes to acquire a con- 

 siderable degree of Civilisation and Stability — Influence of Scenery 

 and Country over the Moutagnais Tribes and over the Sandy Hill 

 Indians of Lake Huron (Ojibways) — Influence of the 'Wild Goose 

 Clang' on the Montagnais — Evidence of Charles Tache in 1824 — 

 Origin of the Jesuit Mission in Lower Canada — Results of the 

 Missions — An Indian Saint — Character of the Roman Catholic 

 Missions on the Coast — Pere Babefs Description — Pere Arnaud's 

 Desci'iption — Catholic Families on the North Shore . . 1G7 



