VI 



CONTENTS OF 



of Country. — Canoe Fleet. — Spruce. — Boulders. — Marsh. — St. Martin 

 Lake. — "Money." — Pounded Fish. — War-path Eiver. — War Roads. — 

 Ojibway, Sioux, Swampy, Cree ; Rlackfoot, and Crow. — Wavys.— Fine 

 Land. — The Narrows. — Boulder Barriers. — Sugar Island. — Indians. — 

 Gneissoid Islands. — St. Martin Rocks. — Beach Barriers. — Depth of St. 

 Martin Lake. — Thunder Island. — Thunder-Storm. — Partridge Crop River. 

 — Rushes. — Old Mission. — Low Country. — Indian Farmer. — Wide-spread 

 Marsh. — Fairford. — The Character of the Country. — The Mission. — 

 Evening Service. — Rev. Mr. Stagg. — The Farm. — Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany's Post. — Rum. — Lake Manitobah. — Progress of the Season. — Rocks. 

 — Fossils. — The Coast. — Steep Rock Point. — Devonian Rocks. — Indian 

 Superstition. — Water-hen River. — Eagles. — Character of Water-hen 

 River. — Pelicans. — Indians. — Wood and Prairie Indians. — Barter. — 

 Winnipego-sis Lake. — Ermine Point. — Elms. — Salt Spring. — Snake 

 Islands. — Duck Mountain. — Snake Island Fossils. — Arrive at Salt Springs. 



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CHAP. XXV. 



FROM WINNIPEGO-SIS LAKE TO THE SUMMIT OF THE RIDING MOUNTAIN, 

 AND THE SUMMIT OF THE RIDING MOUNTAIN TO MANITOBAH HOUSE. 



Character of the Country. — The Duck Mountain. — The Salt Springs. — The 

 Wells. — The Manufacture of Salt. — Salt Springs and Lagoons. — Moss 

 River. — Rapids. — Character of River. — Valley or Dauphin River. — The 

 Riding Mountain. — Lake Ridge. — Hay Ground. — Dauphin Lake. — Pike. — 

 Snow Birds. — Journey to the Summit of the Riding Mountain. — Marshes. 

 — Ridges. — Character of the Country. — Whiskey Jack. — Quaking Bog. — 

 Pitching Track. — Rabbits. — Foot of Mountain. — Cretaceous Rocks. — 

 Terraces. — Conical Hills. — W^hite Spruce. — Brown-nosed Bear. — Summit 

 of the Riding Mountain. — Former Character of the Riding Mountain.— 

 Denudation. — Table Land. — Snow Storm. — Source of the Rapid River. 

 — Indian Superstition. — Descent of Riding Mountain. — Character of the 

 Mountain. — Fish. — Sickness. — Cupping. — Ta-wa-pit. — Great Bones. — 

 Grasshoppers. — J ourney from Dauphin Lake to Lake Manitobah. — Cha- 

 racter of the Country. — Bogs.— Aspen Ridges. — Ridge Pitching Track.— 

 Ebb and Flow Lake. — Indian Tent — Interior of. — Supper. — Sleep. — 

 Buffalo Runner. — Manitobah House . . . ... .43 



CHAP. XXVI. 



MANITOBAH HOUSE. MANITOBAH ISLAND. OAK POINT. OAK POINT TO 



THE SETTLEMENTS ON RED RIVER. 



Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie. — Manitobah House. — Messenger. — Missionary Pri- 

 vations. — Want of Supplies. — Snow Storm. — Indian Summer. — Snow 

 Birds. — Manitobah House. — Rock. — John Campbell. — Whitefish. — Im- 



