CHAP. XXVIII. 



INDIAN POPULATION. 



117 



indians of the labrador peninsula * visiting the 

 Hudson's bay company's post north-east of the 



SAUGENAY AND RUPERT's RIVER. 



Tadousac . 

 Chicoutimi 

 Lake St. John . 

 Isle Jeremie 

 Godbout . 

 Seven Islands . 

 Mingan . 

 Musquan-o 

 Natashquan 

 Nortli-west River 

 Fort Xascopie . 

 Eigolet . 

 Kibokok , 

 Great Wbale River 

 Little Whale River 

 Fort George 

 Rupert's House 

 Mistassinni 

 Teniiskaming 

 Woswouaby 

 Pike Lake 

 Nitchequon 

 Caniapiscow 



Saugenay 



North shore of the Gulf 



Interior of the Labrador Peninsula 

 Atlantic coast .... 



Hudson's Bay 



Interior of the Labrador Peninsula 



3,910 



In 1857 the commissioners appointed by the Canadian 

 Government 'to enquire into and report upon the best 

 means of securing the progress and civihsation of the 

 Indian tribes in Canada, and on the best mode of so 

 managing the Indian property as to secure its full 

 benefit to the Indians without impeding the settlement 

 of the country,' issued a number of queries to mission- 

 aries and others acquainted with the Indians. 



These queries elicited much information respecting tlie 



* Blue Book, 1857. 



