12 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE ATHABASCA KIVEE, REGION. 



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The tar-banks— Characteristic features of the river — The, rapids 

 of the Athabasca — The cut-banks — A freshet^ — A fine camp 

 — The "Indian lop-stick" — The natural gas springs — Grand 

 Rapids — Coal abundant — Good farming country — The Point 

 at House River — The Joli Fou Rapid — Bad tracking — Pelican 

 Portage — Spouting gas well — Matcheese, the Indian runner . 121 



CHAPTER X. 



THE TRIP TO WAHPOOSKOW. 



Tlie Pelican River — Poling and paddling — Character of the river 

 and country — Great hay meadows — An Indian runner — The 

 Pelican Mountains — Muskegs and rich soil — Pelican Lake the 

 height of land — Abundance of fish — The first Wahpooskow 

 Lake — The second lake — Mission of Rev. C. R. Weaver — 

 Other missions of the C.M.S. — Mission of the Rev. Father 

 Giroux — Other Roman Catholic missions — Indians and half- 

 breeds — The crows and the fish — A ball at Wahpooskow — 

 Farming land and muskeg in the district — Superstitions of 

 the Indians — Polygamy and polyandry — The changing woods 

 — The f(zx popidi — A little beauty — Calling River — Another 

 ancient woman and her memories — Our return to Athaba-sca 

 Landing . ......... 132 



Conclusion 147 



Notes on Mammals Collected and Observed in the Northern 



Mackenzie River District, North-West Territories of Canada 153 

 List of Birds and Eggs Observed and Collected in the North- West 



Territories of Canada, between 1880 and 1894 . . . 287 



Notes on the Franklin Expedition ...... 448 



Appendix ........... 471 



Index to Mammals ......... 491 



Index to Birds 492 



