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OUN 



Ounamene river, account of the region 



drained by the, ii. 134 

 ' Outlook,' an Indian, at Trout Lake, i. 



181 

 Oyster-beds, establishment of, in the 



Gulf of St. Lawrence, ii. 244 

 — immense consumption of oysters in 



America, ii. 244 



pAPINACHIOIS, the, a tribe of 

 X Montagnais, ii. 20 



— visited by Pere Henri Nouvel, ii. 

 20 



Partridges, Spruce, in the Lake Supe- 

 rior region, i. 108 



— large numbers of, at Lake Mushua- 

 lagan, i. 200 



Pas-quiligi, Pietro, the Venetian, his 

 account of the Indians of Labrador 

 in 1500, ii. 108 



Paul le Jeune, the Jesuit missionary in 

 Canada, i. 271, note 



— his account of the wars between 

 the Iroquois and Montagnais, i. 272 



— his description of the Montagnais 

 of the 17th century, ii. 10 



— the reply of the Indian to him, ii. 

 13 



— his account of the Montagnais con- 

 jurors, ii. 16 



Peas, wild, of the island of Anticosti, 



ii. 74 

 Peat on the island of Anticosti, ii. 72 



— peat plains of the island of Anti- 

 costi, extent of, ii. 80 



Pecheries, ii. 151 



Pelican, the chief of the Ojibways, 

 principal food of his family, i. 108 



Pemmican, rabbit, mode of making, i. 

 108 



Peperall, Sir W., his siege of Louis- 

 burg, ii. 217 



Perce, Mont, ii. 67 



Perce Rock, in the Bay of Chaleurs, 

 ii. 67 



Perroquets, wreck of the ' Clyde ' and 

 ' North Briton ' on the, ii. 45 



— size and number of them, ii. 48 

 Petichikupau, Lake, and the country 



around, i. 10 ; ii. 143 

 Phosphate of ammonia, value of the, 



i. 313, note 

 Piagouagami, Lake, battle between the 



Iroquois and Montagnais Indians at, 



i. 272 

 Pierre, the Abenakis Indian, bis marten 



traps on the Moisie, i. 45, 47 



POR 



Pierre — continued 



— his industry, i. 46, 47 



— his description of the mode of 

 building a line of marten traps, i. 48 



— and of a cache to protect his furs 

 from the carcajou, i. 50 



— his plan of killing a bear, i. 52 



— his plan for passing through a gorge 

 of the river Moisie, i. 77 



— his mode of kneading dough for 

 bread in a heavy rain, i. 109 



Pine trees of the valley of Salmon 

 river, ii. 73 



— the pond pine said to be found in 

 Anticosti, iL 70 



Pipou-noukhe, the Montagnais deity 

 representing the winter, ii. 12 



Plants formerly used by the Indians of 

 Canada as medicines, i. 190, note 



Pleasant Bay, immense numbers of her- 

 rings taken in, i. 329 



Pletpi, Lake, i. 198 



Podophyllum peltatum, the root of, 

 used by the Indians as a medicine, i. 

 191, note 



Poison used by the fur-traders for kill- 

 ing animals, i. 25 



Polygamy amongst the Nasquapees, ii. 

 100 



Pope, Alexander, his allusion to the 

 burial of the dog with his master, 

 quoted, i. 171 



Porcupine, bones of the, Indian super- 

 stitions respecting the, i. 185 



Porcupine, Cape, ii. 218 



Portages of the Moisie, discouraging 

 description of the Montagnais In- 

 dians of the, i. 3 



Portage : — 



Burnt, or Kes-ca-po-sive-ta-gan,i.222 

 Cold Water River portage, i. 1 1 1, 1 12 

 Grand, or Mista-ka-pitagan, i. 33 

 Height of Land, i. 175 

 High Water, i. 29 



Ka-pi-sta-wa-ti-sagan, or Ridge Por- 

 tage, i. 136 

 Ka-te-tu-Kois-pish-Kos, or Level 



Portage, i. 1 30 

 near Lake Nipisis, i. 187 

 See-way-sini-Kop, or Up -and - 



Down, i. 96, 97, 282 

 Steep Rock, i. 290 

 the Montagnais name for portage, 



i. Ill 

 Top of the Ridge Portage, i. 139, 



164 

 portages between the Manitou, Mag- 

 pie, and St. John rivers, ii. 45 



