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Moisie River — continued 



— boulders on the banks, i. 31 



— meaning of the name, i. 32 



— beautii'ul scenery and magnificent 

 rocks beyond the Grand Portage, i. 

 66, 67 



— heavy squalls on the river, i. 66 



— tranquillity of the night on the 

 Moisie, i. 68 



— a waterfall, i. 69 



— perpendicular rocks on each side of 

 the river, i. 70, 72, 73, 75 



— the Forks of the Moisie, i. 72 



— Pierre's river, i. 73 



— rapidity of the current, i. 74, 75 



— the first gorge of the Moisie, i. 76 



— difficulty of the passage, i. 77 



— Domenique's account of the first 

 gorge, i. 8 1 



— Montagnais map of the country, i. 

 83, 85, 88 



— the passage of the first gorge, i. 94 



— otters and salmon in the river, i. 

 96 



— first falls of the Moisie, i. 96 

 • — the second gorge, i. 104 



— immense strength of the current, i. 

 107 



— Michel's account of the portages of 

 the Moisie, i. Ill 



— remnants of the drift which formerly 

 filled the whole of the valley of the 

 Moisie, i. 112 



— second falls, i. 120 



— rise of the Moisie, i. 195 



- — results of salmon fly-fishing on the 

 Moisie, ii. 239 



— the return journey on the Moisie, 

 i. 280 



— its beauty, i. 282 



— passage of the rapids of the Moisie, 

 i. 287 



— encampment at the third rapid, i. 

 287 



— the river at the Grand Rapid by 

 night, i. 288 



■ — seals in the river, i. 288 



— a narrow escape at the fourth rapid, 

 ■ i. 289 



— arrival of the expedition at the 

 mouth of the Moisie, i. 290 



— importance of the salmon fishery of 

 the, ii. 39 



— its length and fall before it reaches 

 the sea, ii. 134 



— the Moisie Gulf Watershed, ii. 134 

 Moisie Bay, scenery on the, i. 16 



— its climate, i. 16 



Moisie Bay — continued 



— the fishing-station at the mouth of 

 the, i. 296 



— population of the shores of the, dur- 

 ing the fishing season, i. 296 



— Mr. Tetu's deep sea fishery, i. 

 296 



— animal life along the coast of the 

 bay, i. 318 



— scenery of the bay, i. 319 

 Moniac Island, origin of the name of, 



ii. 49 

 Montagnais Indians, or the Tshe-tsi- 

 uetin-euerno, the people of the north- 

 north-east, i. 1 



— their hunting grounds on the table- 

 land of Labrador, i. 3, 8 



— their energy and bodily strength 

 lost by them when on the sea coast, 

 i. 4 



— former strength of the tribe, i. 9 



— their maps of the Moisie and Ash- 

 wanipi rivers, i. 10 



— official information respecting them, 

 i. 12 



— resemblance between the dialects 

 of the Montagnais and Crees, i. 33 



— tlieir language, i. 33 



— the Montagnais Indian and the dead 

 body of his cousin, i. 55 



— Montagnais superstitions respecting 

 the Wendigoes, or giant cannibals of 

 the woods, i. 59 



— their mythology as prevailing in 

 1634, i. 60 



— I'esemblance between Montagnais 

 and Odahwah traditions, i. 61 



— Domeuique, the chief of the Mont- 

 agnais, i. 78 



— causes of the decline of the Montag- 

 nais Indians, i. 85 



— remains of Montagnais lodges at 

 Level Portage, i. 130 



— their funeral rites, i. 170, 172 



— their former practice of anointing 

 their bodies with seal oil as a pre- 

 caution against cold, i. 177 



— their superstitions, i. 185 



— importance of the caribou to them, i. 

 213 



— one of their chief hunting-grounds, 

 i. 238 



— their caribou feasts, i. 239 



— mode in which they pass their win- 

 ter at the Dividing Ridge, i. 246 



— Indian tradition of a battle fought 

 between the Montagnais and the 

 Iroquois, i. 271 



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