INDEX, 



443 



Country, appearance of the,atBuffalo Pound 

 Hill, i. 339. 



• near the Qu'appelle River, below 



Crooked Lake, i. 371. 



fertility of the, on the South Branch 



of the Saskatchewan, i. 391, 392. 



■ near the banks of the Main Saskatche- 

 wan, i. 402. 



beautiful, of the Touchwood Hills, i. 



412. 



east of Long Lake, i. 421. 



at. Leech Lake and White Sand River, 



i. 432. 



near Swan Lake, its beauty, i. 434. 



through which the Saskatchewan 



flows well adapted for settlement, i. 



444. 



around Cumberland House, i. 448. 



between Muddy Lake and Cedar Lake, 



i. 457. 



— — near Partridge Crop River, ii. 35. 

 > between Dauphin Lake and the Rid- 

 ing Mountain, ii. 51. 

 on the shore of Ebb and Flow Lake, 



ii. 64. 



about Manitobah House, ii. 66, 67. 



• splendid, near the southern shores of 



Shoal Lake, ii. 78. 



at the Big Ridge of the Assinniboine, 



ii. 79. 



between Oak Point and Stony Moun- 

 tain, ii. 79. 



north of Lakes Huron and Superior, 



ii. 212. 



Crane River, Lake Manitobah, ii. 40. 



Crane Bay, Lake Manitobah, ii. 40. 



Crane, the white whooping (Grus Ameri- 

 cana), in the valley of the Qu'ap- 

 pelle', i. 316. 



danger in attacking one, i. 316. 



Cree Christians at Red River Settlements, 

 i. 201. 



Crees, Plain, at war with the Blackfeet, i. 

 318. 



their message to the <c great praying 



father," i. 323. 

 their former strength and pomp, i. 



324. 



their resolution respecting travellers 



through their country, i. 334. 

 camping-grounds of the, i. 338, 339, 



340, 341 . 



their hospitality, i. 341. 



encampment of, on the South Branch 



of the Saskatchewan, i. 384. 

 r description of them, i. 359. 

 ■ their objections to the half-breeds, i. 



360. 



and to the Hudson's Bay Company, 



i. 360 



Crees, council of Plain, i, 360. 



thickwood, described, i. 403. 



not fishermen like the Ojibways, i. 



415. 



celebrated war-path of the, ii. 29. 



— their custom of painting the skin, 



ii. 137. 



Swampy, fishing-place of the, i. 457. 



■ Swampy, encampment of, on the banks 



of the Saskatchewan,!. 474. 



Swampy, great moose-hunting grounds 



of the, i. 484. 



encampment of, on the Little Saska- 

 tchewan, ii. 26, 27. 



celebrated war-path of the, ii. 29. 



favourite camping-grounds of the, ii. 



31. 



encampment of, on Moss River, ii. 47. 



■ their tobacco-pipes, ii. 139. 



Cretaceous rocks, ii. 318. 



distribution of, in western North 



America, ii. 318. 



the Nebraska section, ii. 319. ■ 



vertical section in Nebraska and 



Rupert's Land, ii. 320. 

 steatitic minerals, ii. 328. 



clay iron-stone, 



129. 



fossils from the Souris, ii. 334. 



■ and from Nebraska, ii. 342. 



rocks of the valley of the Little 



Souris, or Mouse River, i. 290. 



at the Two Creeks, Assinniboine 



River, i. 309. 



of the Eyebrow Hill Range, i. 354. 



— — ■ at the summit level of the Qu'appelle 

 Valley, description of the, i. 365. 



on the South Branch of the Saskat- 

 chewan, i. 380. 



character of these rocks, i. 380. 



on Birdstail Creek, i. 436. 



on Riding Mountain, ii. 54, 58. 



Crooked Lake (in Creek Kawawackamac), 

 i. 371. 



— its width, depth, and breadth, i. 



372. 



Crops cultivated at Red River Settlements, 



i. 225. 



Cross Lake Rapids, i. 240, 460. 



Cross Lake, Saskatchewan River, i. 240,461. 



its dimensions and altitude, i. 463. 



Cross Woods, on the Qu'appelle River, i. 

 314. 



Crow Creek, ii. 62. 



Crow Indians, celebrated war path of the, 



ii. 29. 



Crow Portage, i. 72. 



Crow Wing, town of, i. 263. 



— — — railways and road to, i. 22, 23, 



winter journey with dogs from Fort 



Garry to, described, ii. 81. 



