
INDEX. 
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Age of the Buttes... Baleeenwn ibn e ed 
Age of the Lignite formation .. 183 
Agriculture, basis of prosperity 0 ‘of the North- 
west.. . 301 
Pe rereere, western Timit of... iehaceeea ee” Cae 
na, Cam pire sic eete diss wane ¢ OF 
Alkali, so felis. analysis of.. .. ences 200 
Allen, J. A,on ‘combustion of Lignites sees 167 
Alluvium of river vallies.... . Laas alco 
Alluvium of the Red River Valley... 248 
Alluvium of the Red River vas: ® fresh-water 
origin of.. ~~ De 
Altered Huronian rocks, area of.. sid singh OO 
- Alternative channels.... .. - 265 
American desert, northern extension of the.. 6 
Analysis of ironstones.. a Pees! | 1 
Analysis of Saline matter from lake.. bs ss, 200 
Analysis of Lignites.. nts! alee iae LOO 
Analysis, ultimate, of Lignites. . = aPrsee Wd 
Anticlinal, probable, S. of Ka-ka-ke-wabec. .. 40 
Area, total of prairie in British America...... 10 
Area of second prairie level.. sia 2 An ee 
Area of first prairie level .. amiatds see a tt) oe 
Area of third prairie level. US Se ee MeL 
Area of plains in British ‘America... Era aoe 
Artesian boring at Fargo .. Dahe Widsiseler deen OD 
Artesian boring at Winnipeg .. 2 eS a ee ee 250 
Badger Creek, drift deposits of.............. 220 
Bad Lands, Lignite Tertiary of.. bens n<g LD 
Bad Lands, mode of formation of... .-. 103 
Bad Lands South of Wood Mt., Sections i in.. ws 108 
Bear’s Paw Mountains, the distant view of.... 113 
Bear Lake R, Cretaceous beds at.. pki es 
Belly River, coal from.. BRM s sicdtes = 25 bE 
Belly River, Lignite from .. Gabe nie buers peony eo 
Belly River. South Fork of . Save daca tee 
Bell, Prof, referred to.. 21 
Bell, Prof, on height Laurentian Watershed.. 216 
Bell, Prof, on conformity Laurentian and Hu- 
ronian. 29 
Bell, Prof, on Eastern limit of Lignite ' Ter- 
tiary.. ae . 154 
Belt, Mr, on ' glaciation of Siberia... 261 
Bibliography, geological of interior B. N. 
America. . nee ie! 
Big Cut Arm Creek, “Cretaceous No. 4 on..... 146 
‘ Big Camp ’ the, of half-breeds.. ............ 295 
Bigsby, Dr. J. J., referred to...... Packes icon (20 
Pepennan, TOCKB OF . 6525-0 cocecs wovese.es 27 
Birds, arrival of, at Dufferin, 1874........... 280 
Birch Creek, rocks near...... ....2- os escese 24 
Bitter Creek beds, disputed age of the...... 193 
Bitumen and Mineral oil, in Devonian........ 14 
** Black Slate,” equivalent of on Mackenzie R. 14 
Blackiston, Lieut, con heights of terraces..... 258 
Blackiston, Lieut, referred to.... . 56 
Black Hills, Carboniferous Limestone of.. 73 
Boulders, distribution of in Lake of the Woods 
region . . 208 
Boulder-covered region. dat daud see 
Boulder-clay, on Lake of the Woods......... 209 
Boundary Mountain. rocks of the... ee 
Boundary Monument, rocks near aad Baal 64 
Boundary Line, the course of, in the Rocky 
RIN ke Mis Soca ca wei iadeawenes eee 56 
Boyne River, Niobrara Group on...... ...... 78 
Branches of the Milk River................ 130 

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Branches of Milk River, ct 33 rnin (V5 of.. 155 
Bucketé Island, granite of.. ee . 33 
Buffalo, old paths of: ota a net ee 
Buffalo, probable extinction of ‘the. .»- 296 
Buffalo, present eastern limit of is tbs 294 
Buffalo grass, eastern limit of ...... ...s00 ees 292 
Buttes, the distant view of..............+.+. 113 
Buttes, the description of.. oS olka otaataelee mies 
Buttes, dykes near .. Sa cbiaint anisahae ae eee 
Buttes, eruptive rocks of.. an’ Sci eg peca > wate eae 
Buttes, age of the.. Phas 7 
Buttes, how represented ‘on Dr. Hayden’ 8 
mMaps..... 128 
Buttes, comparison ‘of with similar masses 
elsewhere... on We ne oe eaQagn eee 
Buttes, Lignite Tertiary of.. Sia: oan a ee a 
Buttes, country surrounding he. 5,2 296 
Cactus’ Plain, based on Cretaceous No 4.... 144 
Calf Mountain, probable cause of.. era a ee 
Camp Akamina.. 64 
Carboniferous formation, "probable "existence 
of in Manitoba .. 15 
Carboniferous rocks, "character ‘of, in "Ne- 
braskas :5)..23...+ vareeeoe ae 15 
Carboniferous ‘formation, character of, in Rocky 
Monntain region... «5 >s<s0= «<2=00,nasenee 15 
Carboniferous Limestone of Rocky Mountains. 69 
Carboniferous, rocks of in Montana, 7 es Py & 
Carleton House, advance of spring at........ 282 
Caribou Muskeg, rocks near. 24 
Cattle, wild, living out through ‘the winter... 303 
Chief Mountain, structure of . 
Chief Mountain Lake or Waterton Lake, "rocks 
in the vicinity of. stam eae 
Chief Mountain Lake, former glacier ‘Of...... UB 
Cirques in the Rocky Mountains... .......-.. 245 
Clay-shale of Pembina Mountain Group, ¢ cha- 
racter of...... 85 
Clear-water Lake, character of. . 23 
Climate of Eastern base of Rocky } “Mountains.. 298 
Climate of third Prairie Steppe.. 299 
Climate of the Red River Valley. ee 
Clinker, from Lignite, occurrence of... od bah tee ae 
Coals, analysis of by Prof. Haanel.... .. .... 178 
Coal, bituminous, on St. Mary River.... .... 132 
Coal of St. Mary R, importance of............ 178 
Coal, rumours of its occurrence at Pembina 
Mountain... y ae he 
Coccoliths of Niobrara’ group. eerie ad tL. 
Cole’s Falls, Cretaceous beds at.. - 17 
Combustion of Lignites, whether “sponta. 
neous . BN YAS 168 
Combustion of Lignite Wel. 2-38e- incdeter axl 164 
Conclusions, general, on the Lake of the 
WORHRcaleai pa cnanvatcsers scant ad panes 47 
Conformity, apparent of Laurentian and 
PAUOMINSY 02-7. ase wand aha t bees dels «nau 
Conglomerates, incipient, in the ewes Ter- 
tiary. P in ; 130 
Conglomerate, greenstone. . erp ors Arias a! 
Conglomerate, slate........ eh ays pee 
Conglomerates, Huronian, origin ofthe...... 52 
Coniferous timber, w estern limit of.......... 276 
Cope, Prof., on the age of the Lignite ‘forma- 
tion. "A - 192 
Cope, Prof., identification of fossils by. 105 
Cope, Prof., on Vertebrate Fossils. . Senos ae 
