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THE 



CONTENTS. 



ABE NAQUIS, the Viilage of 

 thefe Savages at Beckancourty 52. 

 their Village at St, Francois , 60. of 

 their Nations, 112. 

 Algonquins, of th^ Algonquin Language, 

 112. the Lower A/gonquinSy 112. 

 the Hi^hQr Algonquinsyii^' Charac-. 

 ter of the Algonquin Language, 121 . 

 Particularities of this Language, 

 122. Difference between the People 

 of the Hurgn Nations and the Al- 

 gonquins^ 123. Origin of the W^r 

 ; "-which the Algonquins and the Hu- 

 runs have maintained againft the Jro- 

 ' ^uoisy 124. and Sequel of this War, 

 126. 



Anticofie, Ifle, its Defcription, 13. 



Annsy offenfive and defçnfivç, of thç 

 Savages, 143, 



Afltnihoilsy Savages, their Chara£ler 5 

 ""Lake of the AJfiniboihy no, iii. 



Jifh Trees y of Canada, 93. 



Adour, a Pink of the Company's ; the 

 Author embarks in it, 345. the 

 Ship ill commanded, 346. fets fail, 

 347* the bad Management of this 

 Ship, and its Wreck, 349. 



Akanfas, a Savage Nation : Defcripti- 

 on of the River of the Akanfas 

 different Tribes of thçfe People, 

 306, 307. Mortahty among them, 

 307- 



Ambajfadorsy their Reçeption and Au- 

 dience by the Natchex, 322. 



Apalaches, a Savage Nation, 363. 



Apparitions, how the Savages come to 

 believe them, 275, 



Aiftmms, Jugglers of Acadia^ 270, 



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Bank, the Great, of Newfound/and, 

 defcribed, 2. Caufe of the Wind 

 and Fogs there, 3. 



Bay, HudfonSy of the Inhabitants of 

 its Environs, 107. and the follow- 

 ing} other Savages of this Bay, 



Bay y of the TJonnonthouans, its Defcrip- 

 tion, 145. 



Bay y of the Noquets, 202. 



Bay, of the Puans, or fimply, the Bay^ 

 a Fort and Miffîon in this Place, 

 203. the Savages of this Bay dance 

 the Calumet, 207. 



Beçch Tree, 94. 



Bear, Preparations and Superftitions 

 of the Savages for hunting this Ani- 

 mal, 55. The Bear is fix Months 

 without eating, 56. The Manner 

 of hunting the Bear 5 a ridiculous 

 Ceremony when a Bear is killed 5 

 how the Hunters are received at 

 their Return, 57. Some Particula- 

 rities of the Bear, 58. 



Beaver, Diiference of that of Canada 

 from that of Europe, 38. Of their 

 Fur, 39. Anatomical Defcription of 

 this Animal, 39, 40. Of the fat and 

 dry Beaver Skins, 41, 42. Different 

 Ufes of the Fur, 42. The Induftry 

 and Labours of th^ Beavers, 42, 43, 

 &c. Their Forefight, 44, 45. Of the 

 Land Beavers, 45. Of hunting the 

 Beaver, 46. Some Particularities of 

 this Creature, 47. 



Bçckancourt, its Situation, 50. River 

 of the fame Name 5 why called the 

 Stinking River, 50, 51. Of the 

 A Absnaqul 



