INDEX 



35' 



tracks of, 21; udder as a deli- 

 cacy, 99. 



Moose Creek, 145. 



Moose Lake, 145. 



Mosquito: 13, 15, 19, 20, 32, 35, 

 38, 39, 40, 43, 48, 53, 54, 58, 61, 

 63, 196, 231: date of disappear- 

 ance, 68. 



Mosquito net, for head, 20. 



Mount Gray, 158, 163, 164, 166. 



Mount Riddell : 264, 268, 272; 

 absence of sheep on, 273-274. 



Mount Sheldon: 264, 265, 267, 

 268, 269, 271-272, 273, 274; 

 cirque of, 271. 



Muskrat, 166. 



NAHANNI HOUSE: 171, 189, 191, 



252, 275; description of, 194. 

 Nahanni Mountains, 307. 

 Nass River, 303. 

 Natural selection, 310, 311, 317, 



318. 



Nelson, E. W., 336. 

 Newell, A. B., ix, 84, 155, 157, 159, 



288. 

 North Fork. (See MacMiUan 



River.) 



Northern shrike, 66, 69. 

 North-west Mounted Police, 5, 



177-178. 

 North-west Territories, 332. 



OGILVIE, WILLIAM, 332. 



Ogilvie Rockies: 15, 21, 24, 30, 

 111, 297, 300, 306, 307, 309, 312, 

 319, 322, 323, 325, 326, 331, 332, 

 333, 334; character of, 18; 

 compared with Pellys, 199-200; 

 compared with Selwyns, 109; 

 descriptions of, 40, 48, 54, 59, 

 67, 73, 76; vegetation on, 32; 

 weather conditions, 62, 79. 



Olive-backed thrush, 14, 17. 



Orchay River, 199. 



Osgood, W. H.: x, 4, 7, 16, 19, 40, 

 44, 49, 58, 59, 62, 70, 79, 95, 96, 

 139, 140, 143, 148, 150, 151, 327, 

 331, 333; game killed by, 142; 

 kills bull caribou, 60; kills ewe, 

 43; successfully stalks rams, 

 71; skill as a naturalist, 156; 

 wounds a ram, 63. 



Otter, 294. 



Ovis canadensis, 299, 318. 

 Ovia cervina. (See Ovis canaden- 

 sis.) 

 Ovis datti: 3, 43, 78, 203, 296, 297, 



305, 306, 307, 320, 321; original 

 description, 336. 



Ovisfannini: 3, 43, 76, 78, 203, 

 216, 227, 296, 297, 298, 306, 307; 

 original description, 338. 



Ovis montana. (See Ovis canaden- 

 sis.) 



Ovis nivicola, 318. 



Ovis stonei: 3, 113, 114, 203, 216, 

 226, 297, 299, 306, 308, 320, 321 ; 

 distribution, 303; original de- 

 scription, 337. 



PACK-HORSES, 7, 11, 16, 32. 



Patterson, J. A., 83. 



Peel River, 24, 307, 323, 332. 



Pelly, Sir H., 183. 



Pelly Lakes, 186, 194, 331. 



Pelly Mountains: 188, 195, 234, 

 264, 276, 287, 288, 302, 303, 304, 

 307, 323, 325, 326; descriptions 

 of, 196-201, 207, 215, 223, 233. 



Pelly River: 84, 88, 89, 151, 171, 

 177-179, 190, 195, 244, 264, 275, 

 276, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 285, 

 286, 292, 293, 296, 297, 300, 304, 



306, 309, 319, 323, 324, 331, 332, 

 334; discovery, history, descrip- 

 tion, 85, 183-187; limit of 

 steamboat navigation on, 193; 

 source of, 251; time of paddling 

 between Ross and Lewes Rivers, 

 344. 



Pelly Road Crossing, 296. 



Pelly Road House, 84, 151. 



Pigeon-hawk, 244. 



Pike, 261. 



Pike, Warburton, explorations of, 



185-186. 

 Plateau Mountain, vii, 94, 142, 



144, 146, 286. 

 Poling, 262. 

 Poplar, as fuel, 289. 

 Porcupine, 143, 175. 

 Porcupine River, 307, 332. 

 Prevost Cafion, 252, 258, 262, 275. 

 Prevost River, 252, 260. 

 Protective coloration, 310-317. 



