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CONTENTS OF 



CHAP. XXVIII. 



INDIAN WEALTH. THE BUFFALO. THE HORSE AND THE DOG. 



The Bison or Buffalo. — Its Value. — Two kinds of Buffalo reported to exist by 

 Half-breeds. — Tbe Plain Buffalo and the Wood Buffalo. — The Lithu- 

 anian Bison. — Characters of. — Former Range of the Buffalo. — Modern 

 Range of. — The Red River Bands. — The Saskatchewan Bands. — Wintering 

 Quarters of the north-western Bands of Buffalo. — Summer Ranges. — 

 Systematic Migration of. — Buffalo Hunt. — Census of Red River Half- 

 breed Hunt. — Blind Buffalo. — Crossing of Buffalo with domesticated 

 Cattle. — Character of mixed Breeds. — The Horse. — Training of Horses. 

 — Docility of. — Illustrations. — Attachment of Indians to their Horses. — 

 Hopplings. — Smokes. — The Dog. — Its Uses. — The Midnight Hcwl. — Dog 

 Feasts. — Dogs at the Hudson's Bay Posts. — Voracity of. — Cross with the 

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CHAP. XXIX. 



INDIAN CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS. 



Indian Antiquities. — Result of the Fur Trade. — Ojibways Invaders of the 

 Prairies. — Scalp Dance. — Wood Indians. — Occupations of Indians. — Indian 

 Cruelty. — Mis-tick-oos, Chief of the Crees of the Sandy Hills. — The Fox. 

 — Treatment of Prisoners. — Medicine Ceremonies. — Happy Hunting 

 Grounds. — Indian "Medicine" Men and "Medicines." — Influence of Con- 

 jurors. — Manitou Dwellings. — Manitobah Island. — The Rev. Mr. Cowley. 

 — Sacrifices. — Character of Indians. — Mis-tick-oos' best Wife. — Mis-tick- 

 oos' Son's Wife. — Decorating the Skin. — Indian Pipes. — Ta-wa-pit's Pipe. 

 — Pipes peculiar to Tribes. — Salutations among Indians. — Indians in the 

 Prairie. — Impounding the Buffalo. — In Sickness. — Idea of Lightning. 



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CHAP. XXX. 



INDIAN POPULATION OF BRITISH AMERICA. 



Origin of Indian Races. — Kindred and Relationship. — Iroquois Customs.- — 

 Iroquois Institutions. — Iroquois League. — Indian Population of Rupert's 

 Land. — Probably over-estimated. — Number of Indians frequenting par- 

 ticular Posts. — Prairie Indians. — Colonel Lefroy's Estimate. — The Sioux 

 or Dakotah Indians. — Principal Bands. — Conj urors. — Months. — Language. 

 — The Blackfeet. — Country occupied by the Blackfeet. — Blackfeet Tribes. 

 — Indians near the Boundary Line. — Indians of British America. — Indians 

 of the United States. — Early History of the Indians. — Mutability of Indian 

 Nations. — The Hurons and Iroquois. — The Prairie Tribes. — The Remnant. 



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