CONTENTS. XV 



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 Aurora Borealis. — Disruption of the Ice.— A Strange Prophecy.— 

 Melancholy Effects of Superstition. — An Indian Marriage. — The 

 Fight of the Females.— Farewell to Fort Simpson. —Fort Resolu- 

 lution. — Manufacture of Pemmican. — Slave River. — Muddled 

 Moments. — The Hudson's Bay Company of Merchant- Adventurers. 

 — The Hardy Voyageur.— The Adventures of a Pack. —Arrival at 

 the Noyd.— A beautiful Cascade. — Making a Portage. — Burn the 

 Fort Boats. — Chipewyan. — The Chipewyans and Crees, their 

 Language and Idiosyncrasy.— An Indian's Remorse. — Mr. Geero's 

 Predilections.— The Lake of the Hills. — Natural Pitch.— Clear 

 Water River. — Methy Portage. — Mermaid's Hair .... 380 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Running a Rapid.— A Rapid Catalogue.— Portage du Diable.— A fatal 

 Disaster.— Tales by the Way.— Riviere Maligne.— The "Pas."— 

 Norway House.— Les Portes d'Enfer.— Return Home , . .409 



