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INDEX 



Raccoon, diagram of fluctuations, 



104, 109. 



Rail, yellow, far north, 78. 

 Rake (ill.), 39. 

 Ranunculus (ill.), 119. 

 Rapids, Grand, 14; Boiler, 20, 



298; Cascade, 21. 

 Raven, 213. 

 Rivers, opening of, 5. 

 Roaster for meat (ill.), 222. 

 Robillard, Elzear. (See Jiarobia.) 

 Robins fighting Redtail (ill.), 140, 



141. 



SALT RIVER: (ill.) 41, 44, 77; 



troublesome crossing, 78; mid- 

 den-heaps, 118. 

 Sanderson, Geo.: good hunter, 



260; good man, 272. 

 Sandhill Bay: 237; our cairn at 



(ill.), 238. 



Saxifrage (ill.), 242. 

 Schott, John, 6. 

 Seals near Temiscamingue, 56. 

 Selig, Corporal, 76, 125; goodbye, 



129. 



Senecio (ill.), 137. 

 Shrike's song, 301-2. 

 Sickness among the Indians, 89. 

 Skunk, diagram of fluctuations, 



105. 



Slave River (ill.), 27, (ill.) 33, 35. 

 Smith Landing, 35; again, 276. 

 Snake: garter, 50, 78; rattle, 50. 

 Snowbirds at home, 224. 

 Snuff, Chief, 144, 145. 

 Social Queen, 86, 91, 92, 93. 

 Sousi, 36, 39, 40. 

 Spruce forests (ill.), 12; white, 



size of, 30; net-float (ill.), 115; 



dwindling, 179; large near north 



limit, 203; three ages of (ill.), 



217. 

 Squirrel: Chief Pierre or Peter, 36; 



as our guide, 76-82; his map of 



Buffalo, 79; his letter (ill.), 158; 



and the missionaries, 94; his 



hundred dogs, 275. 



Steamer deserts us, 270-1. 



Stellaria (ill.), 122. 



Stony Island: leaving, 171; on re- 

 turn, 268. 



Stormbound, 141, 263, 265, 266. 



Swans: flocks, 266, 268; flocks 

 (ill.), 269. 



TAL-THEL-LAY: narrows, 182; 



again, 264. 

 Tamarac, large, 203. 

 Teal: green-winged, nest, 42, 53; 



diet, 129. 



Tha-na-koie: (ill.) 248; our monu- 

 ment on (ill.), 250. 

 Tha-sess San-dou-ay or Swallow 



Island (ill.), 184. 

 Tobacco, over-prized, 188. 

 Tracking a canoe (hauling), 272; 



not amusing, 273-4. 

 Trees: annual growth, 215-8; 



limit of, 213. 



Tug, hire the "Ariel," 276. 

 Tyrrell, J. W.: explorer, 200; 



Point, 223. 



UNCHAGA OB UNJIZA RIVER, same 



as Peace River, 34. 

 Uva-ursi, 45, (ill.) 76, (ill.) 78, 



(ill.) 304. 



WATER, clearness of, 204. 



Weasel, Preble's adventure with, 

 305. 



Weeso: my old guide, 145; his 

 prayer meeting, 178; his prayer, 

 177; as pilot, 182, 186; his 

 gifts, 194-5, 200; happy, 201; 

 his lake, 202; wants a pill, 203; 

 and Caribou, 208; prefers rifle 

 to camera, 208; in mischief, 

 210; sees a man, 225; runs 

 rapids, 249; his trap, 265; 

 shows up strong, 268; goodbye 

 to, 272. 



Whalers, destruction of Caribou, 

 260. 



