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INDEX. 



Columbia, the gold-fields of, their extent, ii. 

 230. 



. lignite of, ii. 348. 



Communication between Canada and Red 



River, ii. 212. 



■ winter communication, ii. 212.' 



character of the country on the north 



shores of Lake Huron and Lake 



Superior, ii. 212. 

 probabilities of a road being made, 



ii. 212, 213. 



Mr. Salter's survey, ii. 213. 



Mr. Murray's survey, ii. 213. 



summer communication, ii. 214. 



route proposed by Mr. Dawson, ii. 214. 



— distance to be travelled, ii. 215. 



■ mode of transport, ii. 215. 



the Pigeon River route, ii. 216. 



- — - cost of opening and improving the 



Fort William and Arrow Lake 



route, ii. 217. 

 communication with the United States, 



ii. 218. 



arrangements of Messrs. Burbank and 



Co., ii. 216. 

 Captain Palliser's opinions as to Red 



River as an English colony, ii. 219. 

 ■ objections to his views as to the route 



to Red River, ii. 220. 

 best route, ii. 221. 



■ between Red River and the Pacific, 



ii. 222. 



Captain Palliser's expedition, ii. 223. 



Passes of the Rocky Mountains, ii. 



224. 



Lieutenant Palmer's explorations in 



British Columbia, ii. 226. 



and Lieutenant Mayne's, ii. 228. 



Captain Palliser's proposed boundary 



of the new colony, ii. 230. 



objections to this boundary, ii. 23 L 



importance of the new colony being 



conterminous with Canada on the 

 east, ii. 231. 



— — natural boundary of the new colony, 

 ii. 232, 233. 



importance of the east coast of Lake 



Winnipeg, ii. 233. 



necessity for a natural northern boun- 

 dary, ii. 233. 



natural advantages of the basin of 



Lake Winnipeg for a route across 

 the Continent, ii. 233. 

 Confervas of the Lake of the Woods, i. 95. 



of the first fishing river of the Qu'ap- 

 pelle, i. 370. 



on the surface of Lake Winnipeg, 



ii. 9. 



Conjurors of the Sioux, ii. 154. 

 an Indian, ii. 127, 131, 132. 



Conjurors, anecdote of one, ii. 132. 



Corn Indian, kind grown near the Assinni- 



boine River, ii. 145. 

 — — places in which it succeeds best, i. 



148. 



Corne, Fort a, la, voyage from, down the 

 Saskatchewan, to the Grand Rapid 

 and Lake Winnipeg, i. 441. 



breadth of the Saskatchewan at, i. 



443. 



Coteau, Grand, of the Missouri, i. 335. 



dancing point of the Grand Coteau, i. 



335. 



description of the Grand Coteau, i. 



351. 



region east of the, i. 351. 



sterility of the Grand Coteau, i. 351. 



Concretions on the South Branch of the 



Saskatchewan, i. 381, 382. 

 Country west of Lake Superior, i. 21. 



through which the Red River flows, i. 



133. 



about Little Dog River, i. 49. 



about Height of Land Lake, i. 57. 



near the Savanne River, i. 60. 



about the Milles Lacs, i. 61, 65. 



about French and the Deux Rivieres 



Portages, i. 67. 

 lying between the Assinniboine River 



and La Riviere Lake, i. 155. 

 east of Red River, description of the, 



i. 166. 



west of Red River, sketch of the, i. 



233. 



drained by the Saskatchewan River, 



i. 252. 



about Pembina, its fertility, i. 255. 



■ near Height of Land Hills, i. 261. 



• at Bad Woods on the Assinniboine, 



i. 285. 



west of the Sour is River, i. 289. 



barren, west of the Blue Hills of the 



Souris, i. 293. 

 near the Souris at the Red Hills, i. 



295. 



■ between Boss Creek and the Assinni- 

 boine, change in the face of the, i. 

 303. 



■ near Beaver Creek, i. 311. 



near the banks of the Qu'appelle 



River, i. 314. 



between the Weed Ridge and the 



Qu'appelle Valley, i. 316. 



north of the Qu'appelle River, its fer- 

 tility, i. 317, 318. 



— — north of the Indian Head Hills and 

 Chalk Hills, i. 319. 



between the Grand Forks (Qu'appelle 



River) and the Souris Forks, i. 

 335. 



