CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. — Departure from England. — Arrival at the 

 Orkney Isles. — Enter Hudson's Straits. — Icebergs. — 

 Esquimaux.- — Killing a Polar Bear. — York Factory. 

 — Embarked for the Red River Colony. — Difficulties 

 of the Navigation. — Lake Winipeg. — Muskeggowuck, 

 or Swamp Indians. — Pigewis, a chief of the Chipe- 

 ways, or Saulteaux Tribe. — Arrival at the Red River. 

 — Colonists. — School established. — Wolf dogs. — 

 Indians visit Fort Douglas. — Design of a Building 

 for Divine Worship 1 



Chapter II. — Visit the School. — Leave the Forks for 

 Qu'appelle. — Arrival at Brandon House — Indian 

 Corpse staged. — Marriages at Company's Posts. — 

 Distribution of the Scriptures. — Departure from 

 Brandon House. — Encampment. — Arrival at Qu'ap- 

 pelle. — Character and Customs of Stone Indians. — 

 Stop at some Hunter's Tents on return to the Colony. 

 — Visit Pembina. — Hunting Buffaloes. — Indian ad- 

 dress. — Canadian Voyageurs. — Indian Marriages. — 

 Burial Ground. — Pemican. — Indian Hunter sends his 

 son to be educated.— Mosquitoes. — Locusts 28 



