INDEX. 



439 



Birch-bark tents on the Red River, i. 200. 

 Birch Islands, the Big, Main Saskatchewan 



River, i. 444. 

 Birch Hills, Main Saskatchewan River, i. 



406, 408. 



Birds of the Kaministiquia River, i. 55. 



■ on the banks of Rainy River, i. 89. 



. of Garden Island, i. 101. 



■ on the Winnipeg River, i. 115, 116. 



on the Pennawa River, i. 118. 



aquatic, on Lake Winnipeg, i. 123. 



on Roseau Lake, i. 1 59. 



near the height of land Hills, 



i. 261. 



in the Touchwood Hills, i. 



394. 



— — on Lake Manitobah, ii. 39. 



of the Big Ridge, i. 279. 



■ of the prairie west of the Little 



Souris River, i. 306. 

 of the Qu'appelle Valley, i. 316, 



330. 



on the Qu'appelle Fishing Lakes, i. 



328. 



of the Qu'appelle River, from the 



Fishing Lakes to the Assinniboine, 

 i. 377. 



seen near the south branch of the 



Saskatchewan, i. 393. 



on the Little Saskatchewan, i. 437. 



on the marshes near Partridge Cross 



River, ii. 35. 



snow, on Dauphin Lake, ii. 49. 



Bird's-eye limestone, ii. 289. 

 Birdstail River, i. 138. 



— vegetation of the valley of, i. 246* 



Birdstail Creek, i. 436. 



Bison, the. See Buffalo. 



Black Bear Island, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 19. 



Blackfeet, at war with the Plain Crees, i. 



318. 



war party of, near the Cree camp, in 



the Qu'appelle Valley, i. 365. 



celebrated war path of the, ii. 29. 



their cruelty, ii. 125. 



boundary of their country and their 



population, ii. 1 57. 



tribes into which the nation is divided, 



ii. 157. 



Black Island, Great (Lake Winnipeg), i. 



485 ; ii. 12. 

 Blood Indians, country of the, ii. 158. 

 Bloody Hills, Main Saskatchewan, i. 408. 

 Blue Hills of the Souris, i. 236, 243, 289, 



425. 



— — south of the Assinniboine, i. 236. 



drift on the, ii. 248. 



Bogs, quaking, near the Riding Mountain, 

 ii. 252. 



near Dauphin Lake, ii. 61, 62. 



G G 



Bois de Vache (dried buffalo dung) on 

 the prairies of the Souris, i. 295. 



geological formation of, i. 296. 



used as fuel, i. 343. 



Bois, Portage du, falls of the, i. 116. 

 Boniface, Bishop of, his remarks on the 



present agricultural condition of Red 



River Settlement, i. 224. 

 Bonnet Lake, i. 117, 118. 

 Boss Hill, i. 307. 

 Boss Hill Creek, i. 307. 

 Boulders, near Barriere Portage, i. 50. 



near Lake Winnipeg, i. 122. 



on the Assinniboine River, i. 141, 



247, 309. 



gnessoid and limestone on the banks of 



the Little Souris River, i. 299. 



in the old beds of brooks, in the prairie 



north of Red Deer's Head River, i. 

 305. 



near Pipestone Creek, i. 307. 



■ in drift, horizontal tiers on the south 



branch of the Saskatchewan, i. 309. 

 vast accumulation of, in the valley of 



the Qu'appelle, i. 343, 353. 

 on the summit level of the Qu'appelle 



River, i. 363. 

 i view of ridges with boulders, on the 



east and west side of the height of 



land in the Qu'appelle Valley, i. 364. 



in the Qu'appelle River, i. 375. 



on the banks of the south branch of 



the Saskatchewan, i. 389, 390. 

 in the Channel of the north branch 



of the Saskatchewan, i. 396, 



at Big Hill, i. 410. 



east of Last Mountain Lake, i. 421. 



of limestone, near Cut-arm Creek, i, 



423. 



at Spy Hill, i. 425. 



on the banks of the Little Saskatche- 

 wan, ii. 27. 



barriers of, on the shores of St. Mar- 

 tin's Lake, ii. 30, 32, 34. 



on the beach of Lake Manitobah, ii. 



38. 



tiers of, on the south branch of the 



Saskatchewan, ii. 254. 

 in the basin of Lake Winnipeg, ii. 



255. 



distribution of, ii. 255. 



Effects of ice on Lake Winnipeg, ii. 



256. 



in Lake Manitobah, ii. 256. 



on the Red River prairies, ii. 257. 



Bows and arrows of the Sioux, ii. 144. 

 Bressany, Rev. R. P. F. J., on wampum, 



quoted, i. 418, note. 

 Brooking, Rev. Mr., Wesleyan Missionary 



in Rupert's Land, ii. 15. 



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