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INDEX 



Lewes River, ix, 183, 184, 185, 



191, 304, 305, 309, 319, 324, 326, 



331, 332, 344. 

 Lewis, Mr., 190, 191, 194, 251- 



252, 261, 274, 275. 

 Lewis Lake, 252, 260, 261, 262, 



264, 265, 275. 

 Liard Post, 191, 194. 

 Liard River, 183, 184, 190, 191, 



199, 325. 



Lichen moss, 15, 32, 54. 

 Little brown crane, 148, 285. 

 Little Salmon River, 92, 281. 

 Log Cabin, 325. 

 Loon, 267. 

 Louis Cardinal, 94, 101, 102, 107, 



108, 125, 129, 130, 131, 137, 



138, 139, 140, 141, 144, 150, 151. 

 Lynn Canal, 172, 185. 

 Lynx: 18, 92, 149, 150, 165, 274, 



275, 282, 283, 284; attacking 



sheep, 314, 315; indifference to 



canoe, 293. 



MCDONNELL, R. G., 88, 89, 332, 



338. 



McDames Creek, 190. 

 McKinnon, 194, 247. 

 Mackenzie Delta, 308. 

 Mackenzie River, 41, 120, 251, 



263, 264, 307, 308, 309, 320, 323, 



332. 



Mackenzie Rockies, 301, 307, 309. 

 MacMillan (Chief Factor), 88. 

 MacMillan Mountains: 88, 89, 90; 



description of, 295. 

 MacMillan River: viii, 83, 85, 144, 



145, 179, 180, 183, 203, 271, 272, 



274, 279, 286, 294, 295, 296, 297, 



298, 300, 306, 331, 332, 334; 



beavers on, 91, 93, 100-101; 



country between forks, 99-100; 



description of, 97; discovery of, 



88; North Fork, 95, 96, 101, 



104, 256, 294; South Fork, viii, 



89, 95, 140, 324; sources of, 



251, 269. 

 Marmot: 31, 48, 51, 56, 65, 71, 



162, 205, 224, 274, 281, 291; 



senses of, 245. 

 Marsh hawk, 244. 

 Marten, 49, 92, 274. 

 Mead Glacier, 172, 174. 



Merganser, red-breasted, 85, 101, 

 150, 276. 



Merriam, C. Hart, x, xi, xii, xiii, 

 156. 



Mica Creek, 344. 



Mice, scarce in Felly Mountains, 

 218, 244. 



Mink, 49, 274, 275. 



Missionaries, 191-192. 



Moccasins, 33, 52, 109, 111. 



Moose: vii, 140, 167, 188, 206, 

 274, 282; abundant in Pellys, 

 245; abundant on Ross, 273: 

 abundant between Pelly and 

 MacMillan, 279; action when 

 crossing fresh trail of man, 117; 

 age of tracks, 278; distribution 

 and habits, 325-326; food of, 

 245, 325; old tracks in Pelly, 

 186; old tracks in Watson 

 River country, 156, 158, 162; 

 scarce in Glenlyons, 293; tracks 

 on Coal Creek and in Ogilvies, 

 9, 14, 15, 16, 20, 79, 105, 106; 

 tracks on MacMillan and in Sel- 

 wyns, 90, 98, 117, 131, 133; 

 tracks in Pelly Mountains, 196; 

 tracks on Plateau Mountain, 

 145; tracks on Ross, 254, 263, 

 268, 273; trails, 17, 20, 67, 72, 

 105, 106, 133. 



Moose bull: 101, 107-108, 122, 

 148, 150, 296; ability to walk 

 without noise in brush, 137-138; 

 "calling," 130, 131-132, 133, 

 134, 135, 136-139, 140, 147, 

 148; fighting, 130; food, 270; 

 habits and actions when resting, 

 147; horns, 17, 206, 270, 325; 

 inconspicuous, 147; rubbing 

 velvet off horns, 269; rut of, 

 125, 148, 281, 325; sequester- 

 ing cow during rut, 122-123; 

 141, 144; stalking, 269-270; 

 trails, 99-100, 117; travelling 

 above timber, 146. 



Moose calf: 265, 266-267, 325- 

 326; actionsafter killing mother, 

 98-100. 



Moose cow: 6, 98, 114, 119, 123, 

 265, 325; actions after calf was 

 shot, 266; stalking, 266-267; 

 testing sight and scent, 116; 



