INDEX. 



441 



Carboniferous evidence of the carboniferous 



series, ii. 299. 



" productus," ii. 300. 



probability of the carboniferous series, 



being represented on the flanks of 



the Riding Mountain, ii. 300. 

 occurrence in Nebraska territory, ii. 



302. 



in Kansas, ii. 303. 



in the north-west generally, ii. 304. 



on the west edge of the fossiliferous 



basin, ii. 306. 

 Caribou Island (Lake Winnipeg), i. 480. 

 Carioles described, ii. 84. 

 Carlton trail, i. 422. 



Carrot River, or Root River, i. 407, 409. 

 Carry Wood Plain, i. 411. 

 Cass Lake, ii. 98. 



account of the mission and Indian 



village at, ii. 99. 

 Cat-birds on the Weed Ridge, Qu'appelle 



Valley, i. 316. 

 Caterpillars, armies of, on the banks of 

 Rainy River, i. 93. 



myriads of, in the Bad Woods, i. 285. 



Cat Head (Lake Winnipeg), i. 488; ii. 20. 



near the Little Saskatchewan, ii. 27. 



origin of the name, L 489. 



Cedar Lake, i. 240, 456, 457. 



its situation and dimensions, i. 458. 



isthmus separating it from Lake. Win- 



nipego-sis, i. 459. 

 Cedar Lake House, i. 460. 

 Chalk Hills near Qu'appelle Lakes, i. 3 J 9. 

 Chaudiere Falls, i. 81. 

 Chazy formation, ii. 285. 



• fossils of the chazy, ii. 285. 



near the Lake of the Woods, i. 95. 



Chazy formation of New York and Canada, 



equivalent of, on Lake Winnipeg, ii. 14. 

 Cherry Islands, Lake Manitobah, ii. 39, 

 Chipewyans, territory inhabited by the, ii. 



180. 



Chone, Rev. Jean Pierre, his mission, i. 27. 



i his kindness to the party, i. 27. 



— description of his house, i. 28. 



mass at the mission, i. 29. 



■ his sermon, i. 30. 



Chordelles Virginianus (night-hawk), eggs 

 of the, found on the sand, i. 295. 



Christianity amongst the Indians, i. 114, 

 124, 200*. 



Clay Cliffs, Lake Winnipeg, ii. 10. 



Cliff swallow (Hirundo fulva), on the 

 banks of the Assinniboine River, i. 283. 



Climate of Long Creek, Main Saskatche- 

 wan, i. 406. 



< of the Touchwood Hills, i. 416. 



of Canada and Rupert's Land, ii. 



353. 



Climate of the Laurentides and the prairies, 



ii, 353. 



frozen lakes, ii. 354. 



mean annual temperature, ii. 354. 



the arid and the humid region, ii. 354. 



sources of humidity, ii. 355. 



aridity west of the 98th meridian, ii. 



355. 



Mississippi valley, ii. 355. 



arid region of the United States, ii. 



356. 



humid region of the valley of Lake 



Winnipeg, ii. 357. 



causes of, ii. 357. 



elevation of the country, ii. 357. 



humid Pacific winds, ii. 357, 358. 



north-easterly currents, ii. 358. 



the arid region, ii. 359. 



prevailing winds, ii. 359. 



source of the humidity, ii. 359. 



thunder storms in 1 858, ii. 360. 



of the valley of Red River, ii. 365. 



seasons of the valley of Lake Win- 

 nipeg, ii. 369. 



winter temperatures, ii. 369. 



cold terms, ii. 372. 



Quebec temperatures, ii. 372. 



of the south branch of the Saskatche- 

 wan, ii. 373. 



growth of forests, ii. 376. 



end or tail of the prairies, ii. 376. 



general character of the region west 



of the 98th meridian in the United 

 States, ii. 377. 



auroras, ii. 380. 



twilight bow, ii. 382. 



Indian summer, ii. 383. 



Cline, the half-breed runner, engaged, ii. 83. 



Clouston, Mr., of the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany, i. 117. 



Coal Falls, North Branch of the Saskatche 

 wan River, character of the, i. 396. 



Cochrane, Archdeacon, his efforts to Chris- 

 tianise the Ojibways, i. 281. 



Cold Water Lake, i. 51. 



— source of, i. 52. 



Collingwood steamer, engaged for the ex- 

 pedition, i. 9. 

 strikes on a rock in Lake Superior, 



i. 11. 



Columbia, British, Lieutenant Palmer's 

 explorations in, ii. 226. 



roads in British Columbia, ii. 227. 



Lieutenant Richard Mayne's explora- 

 tions, ii. 228. 



■ > Thompson River, ii. 229. 



■ present position of British Columbia, 



ii. 229, 230. 



— — imposts and customs of the colony, 

 ii. 230. 



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