INDEX. 



289 



Mai Bay, ii. 59, 67 



— causes of shipwrecks at, ii. 59 

 Mallet, Mr., his list of earthquakes 



which have occurred in Canada, i. 



259-261 

 Mandrake (Podoplujllum peltatum), the 



root of, used by the Indians as a 



medicine, i. 190, note 

 Manicouagan Lake, i. 194, 195 



— mountains to the north-east of the 

 lake, i. 195 



— abundance of game in the valley of 

 the, i. 195 



— the fire-mountain of the Nasquapees 

 north of, i. 261 



Manicouagan Point, disturbance of the 



compass at, ii. 46 

 Manicouagan River, Indian map of the, 



i. 194 



— rise and course of the, i. 194 



■ — Pore Arnaud's description of a 



voyage up the, i. 196 

 Manitou, or spirit of evil, of the 



Montagnais, ii. 13 



— his wife, the spirit of domestic 

 troubles, ii. 13 



Manitou River, ii. 40 



— incident from which the river takes 

 its name, ii. 41 



Manitousin Falls, ii. 43 



Manure, fish, remarks on, i. 308, 309 



— French works at Concarneau, i. 309 

 ■ — its value and composition, i. 310 



— M. Dcmolon's works on the coast 

 of Newfoundland, i. 311 



— fish manure compared with the 

 guano of the Peruvian islands, i. 311 



— Mr. Duncan Bruce's fish manure, i. 

 311 



— analysis of two specimens manufac- 

 tured by his process, i. 313 



— note as to the money value of the 

 ammonia and phosphates in manures, 

 i. 313, note 



— preparation of portable manure, i.3 1 5 

 Map, a birch-bark, constructed by the 



chief Domenique, i. 83, 85, 88 



— maps of Labrador, i. 9 



— Montagnais maps of the Moisie and 

 Ashwanipi rivers, i. 10, 11 



Marriage, among the Odahwah Indians, 

 i. 179 



— degrees of relationship within which 

 marriage was prohibited, i. 179 



— an Indian marriage, i. 347 

 Martens, Indian mode of constructing 



trajjs for the capture of, i. 44 



— value of the marten fur, i. 45 



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Martens — continued 

 — ■ marten traps spoiled by the carca- 

 jou, i. 49 



— periodical disappearance of the mar- 

 ten, i. 53 



— importance of the marten in the fur 

 countries, i. 53 



— returns from the Mackenzie River 

 district, i. 54 



— abundance of martens in some parts 

 of the Manicouagan valley, i. 195 



Mask-i-min, or bear-food, the berry so 



called, i. 184, 189 

 Mass at Seven Islands, i. 334 



— appearance of Indians at mass, i. 334 

 Ma-ta-me-gose-ka-tats, or Trout Lake, 



i. 175 



— extent of the lake, i. 180 

 Matan river, ii. 57 



Matashguhan, abundance of cod-fish at, 



i. 300 

 Matawan river, night-blindness of the 



lumberers on the, i. 156 

 Maurice, Pore Jean-Baptiste, appointed 



to the Saugenay mission, ii. 26 

 Maurice, St., river, slaughter of the 



Algonkin race on the, i. 273 

 M'Lean, Mr., his description of the 



great falls of the Ashwanipi river, 



ii. 137 

 Mealy Mountains, the, ii. 136, 138, 187 

 Mecatina, Cape, ii. 183 



— island of, ii. 183 

 Medicine, forest, i. 109 

 Medicines, Indian, i. 189 



— the vapour-bath, i. 189 



— the root of the blue iris used as a 

 purgative, i. 189 



— purgatives and vomits, i. 189 



— remedies for frost-bites and flesh 

 wounds, i. 189 



— and for tooth-ache and rheumatism, 

 i. 189 



— plants formerly used by the Indians 

 as medicines, i. 190 



Medusas, vast numbers of, in the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, ii. 92 



Meshikumau, Lake, ii. 138 



Meshukimau Shipu, or Nasquapee river, 

 ii. 138 



Mcsickkimau, or North- West, River, 

 ii. 135 



Mesmerism, practised by Indian con- 

 jurors for ages, ii. 102 



Metabetshuan, trading post of, its former 

 importance and present condition, 

 ii. 38 



— river, ii. 38 



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