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prairies between Peace River Landing and Fort Dunvegan — 

 Fort Dunvegan — Sir George Simpson and Colin Fraser — 

 Some townships blocked here — The Roman Catholic Mission 

 — Baffled miners returning — The natives of Dunvegan — Relics 

 of the old regime — Large families the rule — The Church mis- 

 sions — Back to Peace River Crossing — Tepees, tents and 

 trading stores — Mr. Alexander Mackenzie — The sites of old 

 fur posts — Indian names of the Peace River — Description of 

 the agricultural and other resources of the Upper Peace River 

 — The Chinook winds — Grand Prairie — Rainfall scanty on 

 prairies throughout the River — Lack of waggon roads and 

 trail facilities . . ....... 81 . 



CHAPTER VII. 



DOWN THE PEACE BIVER. 



Thejdescent of the Peace River — Wolverine Point — A good farm- 

 ing country — Paddle River and Keg of Rum River prairies — 

 Heavy spruce forests here — Vermilion settlement — The Law- 

 rence family and farm — Extensive wheat fields — Cattle and 

 hog raising — Locusts — Symptoms of volcanic action — Old 

 Lizotte and old King Beaulieu — The Chutes of Peace River — 

 The Bed River ; its rich soil and prairies — Peace Point — A 

 wild goose chase — The Gargantuan feasts of Peace River — 

 The Quatre Fourches — Athabasca Lake ..... 92 



CHAPTER VIII. 



rOBT CHIPEWYAN TO TORT M 'MURRAY. 



Fort Chipewyan and Athabasca Lake — Colin Eraser's trading-post 

 — The Barren Ground reindeer — Feathered land game — The 

 Indians of Fond du Lac — Mineral resources — First companies 

 formed to prospect the Great Slave Lake minerals — The 

 Helpman party — The Yukon VaUey Prospecting and Mining 

 Company — Assays of copper ore — A great mineral country — 

 A railway required from Chesterfield Inlet to develop it — 

 Moss of the Barren Lands — Lake Athabasca the rallying place 

 of the Den6 race — Meaning of Indian generic names — 

 "Mackenzie's country" — Its first traders— The North- West 

 Company — The original Indians — The mastodon believed by 

 the natives to exist — Return of Klondikers from Mackenzie 

 River — Their bad conduct — By steamer Grahame to Fort 

 McMurray — Killing a moose — Fort McMurray . . . 103 



