THE FIRST VOLUME. 



XV 



Storms. — Touchwood Hills. — Indians. — Tolls. — Diplomacy. — Indian Re- 

 solve. — The Grand Forks. — Long Lake. — Souris Forks. — Sonris of Qu'ap- 

 pelle and Assinniboine. — Dimensions of Valley. — The Grand Cotean. — 

 Prairie Fires. — Indian Signs. — A Prairie on Fire. — Buffalo. — Consequence 

 of Prairie Fires. — Reclamation of sterile Areas. — Indian Telegraph. — 

 Scarcity of Wood. — Ancient Indian Encampment. — The Plain Crees. — 

 Cree Tents. — Provisions. — Buffalo Pound Hill Lake. — Indians. — Aspect 

 of Country. — Coteau de Missouri. — Last Mountain. — Treeless Plain. — 

 The Grand Coteau. — Buffalo. — Birds. — Plain Crees, Camp of. — The 

 Qu'appelle Valley. — Marrow. — Precautions. — Sand Hill Lake. — Crees. 

 — Bois de Vache. — Salt Lake. — Dimensions of Valley. — Erratics. — Cross 

 the Qu'appelle Valley. — Camp at Sand Hill Lake . . . Page 326 



CHAP. XVI. 



SAND HILL LAKE TO THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE SASKATCHEWAN. 



Encounter with a Buffalo Bull. — Interior of Tents. — Barter. — Watchers. — ■ 

 Dogs. — Eyebrow Hill. — Prairies. — Prairies and Plains. — Difference be- 

 tween Prairies and Plains. — Limits of the Prairie Country in the United 

 States. — Growth of Timber in River Bottoms. — Plains in Rupert's Land. 

 — Origin of Prairies. — Grand Coteau de Missouri. — Extent and Boun- 

 daries of. — Character of the Grand Coteau. — Elevation of. — Vegetation 

 of. — Eyebrow Hill. — Source of Qu'appelle. — Buffalo. — Character of 

 Qu'appelle Valley. — Water-marks. — Sandy Hills. — Distribution of 

 Boulders. — Section. — Rock Exposure. — Mis-tick-oos. — Sand Dunes. — 

 South Branch. — The Qu'appelle Valley. — Cree Camp. — Eleight of Land. 

 — Section of Valley. — Levels. — Buffalo Pound. — Camp Moving. — " Dead 

 Men." — Old Buffalo Pound. — Horrible Spectacle.— New Pound. — Bringing 

 in Buffalo. — Slaughter in Pound. — "A Talk." — Objections to Half-breeds. 

 — To the H. B. Co. — Demeanour of the Indians. — The Wants of Mis- 

 tick-oos. — His Tent. — His Wives. — Rock Exposure. — Boulders in Valley. 

 — Character of the South Branch ....... 345 



CHAP. XVII. 



from the qu'appelle mission to fort ellice, down the 

 qu'appelle river. 



The Second Fishing Lake. — Depth of. — Indian Map. — Origin of name 

 Qu'appelle, or " Who calls River." — The First Lake, or Pakitawiwin. — 

 Great Depth of First Lake. — Fish. — Confervas. — Depth of Valley. — 

 Width of River. — High-water Mark. — Valley flooded. — Affluents. — 

 Depth of Valley. — Crooked Lake, or Ka-wa-wa-ki-ka-mac. — Dimensions 

 of. — Effects of Fires. — Trees in Valley. — Boulders. — Character of the 

 Country. — Indian Surprise. — Indians.— Summer Berry Creek. — Dimen- 



