INDEX. 



285 



Kempt road, the, ii. 56 



Kenaniou river, source of the, ii. 135 



— difficulties of navigation on the, ii. 

 138 



Kes-ca-po-swe-ta-gan, or Burnt Por- 

 tage, i. 222 



Ke-way-den (North Wind), the Ojih- 

 way, his sliill in descending a rapid, 

 i. 267 



— his awe of a compass, i. 269, 270 



— his gambling propensities, i. 285 

 Kicliestgaux, Lake of the, i. 11 

 KichiKouai,or Indian spirits, sacrifices 



rendered to the, ii. 13 

 Killiwakes on the Bird Rocks, ii. 68 

 Kingfishers, the, in Moisie Bay, i. 16 



— on the Sixth Lake, i. 173 



King's Post Company, territory of the, 

 or the Domaine du Roi, limits of the, 

 i. 11 



. — commencement of the mission to 

 the, ii. 25 



— extent of the territory, ii, 37 



• — leased to a private gentleman, ii. 37, 

 38 



— lists of the principal posts, ii. 38, 

 note 



— return of posts presented to the 

 House of Commons, ii. 38 



— lands set apart for the Montagnais 

 in the, ii. 124 



■ — account of the King's Posts, ii. 181 

 Kirkby, Mr., his account of the Esqui- 

 maux of Peel's river, ii. 163 

 Koksoak, or South river, ii. 140, 141 

 Kouakoulou river, effects of an earth- 

 quake on the waters of the, i. 255 



LABRADOR PENINSULA, requi- 

 sites for the exploration of part of 

 the, i. 1. 



— hunting grounds of the Montagnais 

 Indians on the table-lands of the, i. 

 3 



— reported character of the country 

 by Montagnais Indians, i. 3 



— tlie Indians of the mountains and of 

 the coast compared, i. 4 



— extent and boundaries of the Labra- 

 dor peninsula, i. 7 



— its inhabitants, i. 8 



— its unfitness for the permanent abode 

 of civilised man, i. 8 



— its fur-beaiing animals, richness of 

 its fisheries, i. 8 



— the three parts into which the 

 countrjf is divided, i. 9 



LAC 



Labrador Peninsula — continued 



— names and positions of the rivers of 

 Labrador, i. 9 



— Indian maps of the interior, i. 10 



— Ilocquart's description of the limits 

 of the Domaine in, i. 1 1 



— objects of the present expedition, i. 

 12 



— official information respecting the 

 Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians, 

 i. 12 



— the Ashwanipi river, i. 12-14 



— condition of the inhabitants of the 

 north-eastern portion of the Labrador 

 Peninsula, i. 12 



— the gnesso d hills forming the south- 

 ern boundary of the mountainous 

 country, i. 35 



— variableness of the climate, i. 3S, 42 



— winter life in the woods of the 

 Labrador Peninsula, i. 198-200 



— frequent and destructive fires in the 

 Labrador Peninsula, i. 205, 206 



— early morning in Labrador, i. 211- 

 213 



— difference in climate and vegetation 

 between the Labrador Peninsula and 

 the Valley of the Saskatchewan, i. 

 223 



— a visit to the Burnt Country, i. 225 



— the Dividing Ridge, i. 234 



— the Lake Country of Labrador, i. 

 234,235 



— life in the desert in winter, i. 239 



— traditional accountsof conflagrations 

 in the interior of Labrador, i. 250 



— and of volcanoes, i. 254 



— earthquakes, i. 255 



— ice in July, i. 2GS 



— the cod fishery of the coast, i. 299, 

 et seq. 



■ — brief history and geographical dis- 

 tribution of the Labrador Peninsula, 

 ii. 125 



— origin of the name of Labrador, ii. 

 126 



— discovery of Labrador, ii. 126 



— called Terra Corteralis in an old 

 map, ii. 126 



— the ruins of Brest, ii. 127 



— cause of the decline of Brest, ii. 127 



— the Count de Courtmanches and the 

 French settlements, ii. 128, 129 



— injurious influence of seignorial 

 rights on the coast of Labrador, ii. 

 131 



— geographical features of Labrador, 

 ii. 133 



