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INDEX. 



CAP 



Cape — co?i tinned 



— Whittle, ii. 136 



Caplin, abundance of the, along the 

 coast of Canada, i. 298 



— the chief food of the cod at one 

 period of the year, i. 299, 302 



Captain, a, of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 



ii. 87 

 Carcajou, wolverine, or glutton {Gulo 



Liiscus), its habitat, i. 48 



— its havoc among the marten traps, 

 i. 49 



— how caught by Pierre, i. 49 



— Indian mode of making a cache to 

 protect furs from the carcajou, i. 50 



— the carcajou's desire for accumu- 

 lating property, i. 52 



Carelton Bay, cod fishery of, i. 300 

 Caribou, or reindeer, former richness 

 of Labrador in, i. 8 



— unexpected sight of tracks of the ca- 

 ribou on the banks of the Moisie, i. 68 



— causes of the scarcity of caribou 

 at the present time, i. 84 



— caribou skin-lodges of the Nasqua- 

 pees, ii. 106 



— length of the bound of the caribou, 

 ii. 106 



— shun the country at Level Portage, 

 i. 130 



— a famous deer-pass, i. 147 



— herd of deer in the rocks near Cold 

 Water River, i. 1 47 



— caribou tracks near Trout Lake, i. 

 176 



— herd of caribou near Trout Lake, i. 

 183 



— their caution, i. 183 



— Indian ancient custom respecting the 

 antlers of a deer, i. 186 



— season for hunting the, i. 199 



-- driven away from the hunting 

 grounds by wolves, i. 199 



— splendid pair of caribou horns found 

 near Nipisis Lake, i. 202 



— caribou seen near the Nipisis river, 

 i. 213 



— importance of the caribou to the 

 Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians, 

 i. 213, 214 



— habits of the animal, according to 

 Audubon and Bachman, i. 213, note 



■ — their food on the mountains in sum ■ 

 mer, i. 214 



— their singular and characteristic pe- 

 regrinations, i. 214 



— Forester's description of the animal, 

 i. 215 



CAT 



Caribou — continued 



— difficulties of caribou-hunting, 

 215 



— only time at which he can be run 

 down, i. 216 



— caribou-hunting in the summer 

 season, i. 217 



— ■ caribou feasts of the Montagnais 



and Nasquapee Indians, i. 239 

 - — chase of caribou by wolves, i. 242 



— caribou skin-dresses of the Nas- 

 quapees, i. 292 



— fondness of the Nasquapees for cari- 

 bou fat, i. 324 



— caribou skin used by the Nasqua- 

 pees for clothing, i 325 



— Nasquapee arrows for killing the 

 caribou, ii. 106 



Caribou food, or At'.k-min of the In- 

 dians, i. 214 

 Caribou Lake, i. 228, 229 



— cache made at, i. 228 



— utter desolation of the burnt country 

 near, i. 229, 234 



— view from a hill near, i. 234 



— Michel's wild hunt near, i. 242 

 Caribou moss {Chidonkt rangiferina'), 



its importance to the Indians of North 

 America as well as to the Laplanders, 

 i. 230 



— treacherous walking in the, i. 223 

 Cariole, Point de, ii. 90 



Cartier, Jacques, his visit to the Indian 

 village of Ilochelaga, ii. 2 



— his account of the marvellous fishes 

 of Seven Islands, ii. 27 



— his description of the Micmac In- 

 dians, ii. 44 



Cartwright, his description of the Mon- 

 tagnais in 1786, ii. 26 



— his melancholy description of the 

 Atlantic coast of Labrador, ii. 184 



— his account of the vegetation of the 

 north-east coast, ii. 191 



Cascades of Cold Water River, i. 139, 

 166 



— the great falls of the Ashwanipi 

 river, ii. 137 



— on the rocks of the Sixth Lake, i. 

 172 



— of Buchan Falls, ii. 40 



— of Ilatteras river, ii. 40 



— of Manitou river, ii. 40 



— of the Magpie river, ii. 45 



— of the Mistassinni river, ii. 147 



' Castors,' trading by, with the Indians, 



ii. 1 18, note 

 ' Cats.' See Lynx 



