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INDEX. 



MET 



Metis(Lower St. Lawrence), earthquake 

 at, i. 261 



Michaux, Andre, the botanist, his 

 journey across the neck of the La- 

 brador Peninsula, ii. 147 



Michel, the adopted son of the Mont- 

 agnais chief Domenique, i. 82 



— allowed to accompany the party to 

 Ashwanipi, i. 92 



— his description of the portages of the 

 Moisie, i. Ill 



— his description of the upper country 

 of the valley of the Moisie, i. 105 



— his mode of describing the Top of 

 Ridge Portage, i. 140 



— no notion of measurement, i. 141 



— his breakfast in the woods, i. 

 165 



— his description of the route from 

 Trout Lake to Ashwanipi, i. 180 



— his sickness in the woods, i. 188 



— his recovery, i. 189 



— Michel and his cousins at the bear 

 and caribou feasts, 1. 240 



— his wild hunt near Caribou Lake, 

 i. 242 



— his sufferings in the winter, i. 244 

 Michigan, Lake, fluctuations in the 



rise and fall of the waters of, i. 259, 

 note 

 Micmac Indians, country of the, i. 6, 

 note 



— their population and condition, i. 6, 

 note 



— Micmacs of Acadia, their wars with 

 the Moutagnais, ii. 41 



— incident of their wars, ii. 41 



— their former extensive hunting- 

 grounds, ii. 43 



— Jacques Carrier's description of 

 them, ii. 44 



Mingan, visited every year by whales 

 of different kinds, i. 298 



— grant of the seigneurie of, to Sieur 

 Fran9ois Bissot, ii. 130, 181, note 



Mingan harbour, arrival at, ii, 95 

 Mingan Islands, the Perroquets and 



wreck of the steamers ' Clyde ' and 



' North Briton,' ii. 45 



— first view of the, ii. 47 



— their number and extent, ii. 47, 48, 

 note 



— geological formation, ii. 47 



— abundance of cod and seals, ii. 48 



- — variation of the compass at Mingan 

 Islands, ii. 48 



— vast numbers of puffins ou the north- 

 western island, ii. 48 



Mingan Islands — continued 



— origin of the names of the various 

 Islands, ii. 49 



— assemblage of Montagnais Indians 

 at Mingan, ii. 112 



— the Montagnais grave-yard, ii. 114 



— conceded to Messrs. Lalande and 

 JoUiet, ii. 130 



Mingan River, account of the region 



drained by the, ii. 134 

 Mirage in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 



ii. 87 



— causes of mirage, il. 88 



— singular effects of mirage, ii. 88, 92 

 Miscou Island, ii. 81 

 Missionaries, probable remains of early, 



at the Grand Portage of the Moisie, 

 i. 43 



— Roman Catholic, to Labrador, ii. 1 67 



— results of missionary labour among 

 the Indians, ii. 167 



— See also Roman Catholic missions 

 Mista-ka-pitagan,or the GrandPortage. 



See Grand Portage 



Mistassinni Indians, their dwelling- 

 place, i. 8 



Mistassinni, Lake, extent of, i. 272 



— the Indians of the shores of, driven 

 away by the Iroquois, i. 272 



— cavern ou, and huge isolated rock 

 in, ii. 147 



— origin of the name Mistassinni, ii. 

 148 



Mistassinni River, or Riviere des Sables, 

 i. 7 ; ii. 147 



— cascade on the, ii. 147 



— Michaux's notes of the Mistassinni 

 country, ii. 148 



Misteshipii River. See Moisie 

 Mith-wka-pe-miu-aktik, or red willow 



of the Cree Indians, i. 189 

 Moisie, or Mis-te-shipii, river, its longi- 

 tude, i. 9 



— its source, i. 9 



— its importance, i. 9 



— native map of it, i. 10 



— not known to the Surveyor General 

 of Lower Canada in 1832, i. 11 



— a lizard the only reptile seen in the 

 Moisie Valley, i. 276 



— discouraging description of the 

 Montagnais Indians of the portages 

 of the, i. 3 



— seal hunting on the, i. 2 1 



— first camp of the party on the, i. 23 



— seals on the river, i. 24 



— salmon-fishing station, i. 25 



— rapids of the Moisie, i. 31 



