INDEX 



413 



MacDonaid, John: 10; his 

 cramps, 15. 



MacMurray, Fort, 26. 



MacPherson, David, good pilot, 

 278. 



Maps: limit of trees, etc., 4; 

 where I got lost, 46; of Biiffalo 

 herds, 79; Portage, Great Slave 

 to Little Buffalo River, 123; 

 Buffalo and Nyarling River, 

 124; Great Slave Lake, 180; 

 Pike's Portage, 181; Artillery 

 Lake, 205; Casba River and 

 Lake, 207. 



Marten, diagram of fluctuations, 

 106, 108, 111. 



McKay, Jacob, 88. 



McLeneghan J., friend in need, 

 272. 



McLeod, Charlie, 144. 



Meadowmice: scarcity of, 107, 

 (iU.) 108; pocket-hole (ill.), 

 169. 



Medical experiences: 14, 16; with 

 Y— of Michigan, 70-74. 



Mink, diagram of fluctuations, 

 106, 108. 



Moose: hunting, acme of wood- 

 craft, 116; for the hungry, 127, 

 133, 136; tracks (ill.), 274; in 

 sight, 287; killed by Wolves, 287. 



Mosquitoes: scourge, 61-69; num- 

 bers, 62-64; creatures immune 

 from, 65, 66; dope, 68; disease, 

 69. 



Munn, H. T., on Caribou, 258. 



Musk-ox: range in 1887-88; live, 

 144; big bull, 232; tracks (ill.), 

 233, (iU.) 234; foot (ill.), 235; 

 horns of (ill.), 245; tracks (ill.), 

 274. 



Muskrat: diagram of fluctuations, 

 106; scarcity of, 107, 170; 

 cause of scarcity, 109, 110. 



New spirit in camp, 201. 

 Nyarling River: the road to the 

 Buffalo, 81; map of, 124; or 



Underground River, 126, 133; 

 the beautiful river, 136-142. 



Objects op the trip: 3; all 

 attained, 308. 



Ogushen, Indian hunter, 56. 



Omeegi, Indian guide and clair- 

 voyant, 57. 



Oot-singree-ay Island (ill.), 182. 



Otter, diagram of fluctuations, 

 103. 



Owl and Hare Island, 226. 



Owl, great homed, fishing, 302. 



Owl, Richardson's, love song, 29, 

 (iU.), 30. 



Pah-pah-tat or stort of Iro- 

 quois MASSACRE, 60. 



Peace River: 8; mouth of (ill.), 

 33, 34. 



Peetweet: courtship 50; young, 

 187. 



Pelican Portage Village: 13; trip, 

 113; range, 113; habits, 113- 

 115. 



Pests of the Peace (ill.), 69. 



Pike's Portage: map, 181; ar- 

 rived at, 189; crossing, 193. 



Platygobio gracilis (ill.), 178. 



Poplar, black or balsam, large, 6, 

 31. 



Portaging, the toil of, 119, 120. 



Preble, Edward A. : my assistant, 

 3, 76; and the pike, 126; saves 

 the canoe, 290; adventure with 

 Weasel, 305. 



Ptarmigan Head (ill.), 224; 

 abound, 224; preferring leaves 

 to berries, 237. 



Pyrola (ill.), 77. 



Rabbit: year, 3; snowshoe or 

 white, 34; and Lynxes in north- 

 west, 95; mmibers, 95-96 

 plague, 96; snares (ill.), 101 

 diagram of fluctuations, 105 

 relation to carnivores, 108. 



