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INDEX. 



Brule, or Side Hill Path, Portage, i. 63. 

 Brule River, i. 63. 

 Brule Lake, i. 63. 



cannibalism of the Ojibways on the, 



i. 65. 



Badd, Rev. Henry, of the Nepowewin 



Mission, i. 399, 400. 

 his account of the medicine feasts of 



the Crees quoted, i. 403. 

 Buffalo-hunts of the half-breeds, i. 1 79. 

 Buffalo on the prairies of the Little Souris, 



or Mouse River, i. 295. 



on the Souris Lakes, i. 300. 



vast herds of, on the Grand Coteau de 



Missouri, i. 306. - 

 formerly very numerous near the As- 



sinniboine River, i. 308 

 one killed near the Assinniboine River, 



i. 309. 



mode of making pemmican and dried 



meat of buffalo flesh, i. 312. 



tracks of, on the banks of the Qu'ap- 



pelle River, i. 331. 



Indian mode of telegraphing the pre- 

 sence of, i. 336. 



. rapidly diminishing in numbers, i. 



337. 



at the Lake of the Sandy Hills, i. 



342. 



a bull attacked by a young Indian, i. 



345. 



on the Eyebrow Hill Range, i. 348. 



"bringing in the buffalo," i. 356. 



a Cree buffalo pound described, i. 



356. 



Indian mode of taking buffalo, i. 358. 



dead bodies of, in the South Branch 



of the Saskatchewan, i. 388. 

 herds of, in winter, near Touchwood 



Hills Fort, i. 415. 



systematic migration of, ii. 109. 



summer and autumn buffalo hunts, 



ii. 110. 



census of Red River half-breed hunt, 



ii. 110. 



laws of the buffalo -hunters in the 



field, ii. 111. 



blind buffalo, ii. 1 12. 



remarks on crossing buffalo with do- 

 mesticated cattle, ii. 112. 



favourite food of the buffalo, ii. 113. 



character of mixed breeds, ii. 113. 



considered as an Indian source of 



wealth, ii. 103. 



its value, ii. 103, 104. 



■ the existence of two kinds of buffalo 



reported by the half-breeds, ii. 104. 



buffalo emasculated by wolves, ii. 105. 



similarity of some skins to those of 



the Lithuanian bison, ii. 106. 



Buffalo, former and present range of the, ii. 

 106. 



Red River and Saskatchewan bands, 



ii. 107. 



wintering quarters of the north-west- 

 ern bands, ii. 108, 109. 



summer ranges, ii. 109. 



savage excitement of the Indians when 



impounding buffalo, ii. 142. 



Buffalo Pound Hill, i. 339. 



appearance of the country at, i. 339. 



Buffalo Pound Hill Lake, i. 339, 341. 



■ Indian encampments on the, i. 339, 



340. 



« Buffalo Cart Plain," i. 410. 

 <: Bull boats," or " parchment canoes," 

 i. 442. 



Bull's Head, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 18. 



" Bungays," their interference with the ex- 

 pedition, i. 334. 



Bushkega Islands (Lake Winnipeg), i, 

 485 ; ii. 21. 



Cabri, or prong-horned antelope, at the 

 Town's Lakes, i. 300. 



herds of, in the prairie west of the 



Little Souris River, i. 306. 



on the borders of the Qu'appelle Val- 

 ley, i. 318. 



Cache, an Indian, on the Pennawa River, 

 i. 120. 



mode of making a, ii. 89. 



Camp, always made in winter, in woods if 



possible, ii. 87. 

 mode of, ii. 87. 



appearance of a winter, during the 



night, ii. 92. 



preparing to camp in a snow-storm on 



the prairie, ii. 94. 

 Camping-grounds, ancient, of the Plain 



Crees, i. 338, 340. 

 Campbell, John, his farm near Lake Mani- 



tobah, ii. 67. 

 Canada, journey to, via St. Paul, described, 



i. 251. 



communication between, and the New 



River, ii. 212. 



Indian title in. See Indian title. 



Cavendish, Lord Frederick, his buffalo 



hunting trip, ii. 81. 

 Caverns on the coast of Lake Winnipeg, ii. 



19. 



Canal, Sault Ste. Marie, account of the, i. 

 15. 



Cannibalism of the Ojibways, i. 15. 

 Canoes, Indian skill in managing, i. 442. 



birch canoes and " bull boats," or 



parchment canoes, i. 442. 

 Carboniferous series in the basin of Lake 

 Winnipeg, ii. 299. 



